ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,653, issued on Feb. 17.

"Digital healthcare capture intake data for COVID-19 and other significant events" was invented by Michael Dershem (Voorhees, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gateways for patient-responsibility portions of medical bills (PRPMB) transactions, regardless of healthcare provider or merchant services (Credit card processing) provider are disclosed, which also provide big data analytics and interoperability across systems and networks. These principles provide uniform, consistent and secure devices, methods and systems that allow a patient to make PRPMB payments on one website or by one phone call or physical ad...