ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,000, issued on July 14, was assigned to Optum Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for generating personalized care paths for patients" was invented by Amirhossein Yazdavar (Scottsdale, Ariz.), David S. Monaghan (Dublin), Jeremiah L. Tanner (Bettendorf, Iowa), Brian Carter (Dublin) and Andrew J. Plesniak (Mars, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a personalized care path for a patient. The method includes receiving, by one or more processors, relevant data associated with the patient from a plurality of data sources. The relevant data includes demographic data and medical data...