ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,062, issued on March 17, was assigned to Welldoc Inc. (Columbia, Md.).

"Methods and systems for managing patient treatment compliance" was invented by Ryan Sysko (Wilmington, Del.) and Chris Bergstrom (Millersville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are computer implemented method and systems for providing and monitoring patient compliance with a patient healthcare treatment plan. The method includes receiving, from a healthcare provider over a network, application features for generating a patient application including patient instructions for using a medical therapy, and generating an application for a patient. The appli...