US Patent Issued to Humana on May 5 for "Encoded graphical modeling system and method for matching patients or members needing a particular medical procedure or other health intervention with healthcare facilities or providers" (Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Louisiana, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,485, issued on May 5, was assigned to Humana Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Encoded graphical modeling system and method for matching patients or members needing a particular medical procedure or other health intervention with healthcare facilities or providers" was invented by Yongjia Song (Louisville, Ky.), Peyman Yousefian (Frederick, Md.), Rajiv Kumar Gumpina (Louisville, Ky.), Sravya Etlapur (Rochester, Minn.), Nataley Savanah Kennedy (Lexington, Mass.), Brandi Sambola (Gonzales, La.) and Rohan Vohra (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for using a graph-based data structure to capture complex relations be...