Patents by Inventor Mitchell D. Efros

Mitchell D. Efros has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for creating and using registry of clinical trial participants
    Patent number: 11568963
    Abstract: A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining identifying information chosen from a biometric sample, personal information, physical attributes, and combinations thereof from a prospective participant, optionally generating a unique identifier code, populating a database server with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the information on non-transitory computer readable media, screening the participant for a clinical trial based on either the unique identifier code and/or participant information and searching for a match with existing participant information in the database server and a plurality of outside databases to determine protocol violations, and determining eligibility of the participant for the clinical trial and preventing the protocol violations. A system for screening participants for a clinical trial and preventing future violations while currently enrolled in a clinical trial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Verified Clinical Trials
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Efros, Kerri Weingard
  • Method for creating and using registry of clinical trial participants
    Patent number: 10510437
    Abstract: A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining identifying information chosen from a biometric sample, personal information, physical attributes, and combinations thereof from a prospective participant, generating a unique identifier code, populating a database with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the database on computer readable media, screening the participant for a clinical trial based on the unique identifier code and participant information and searching for a match with another participant, searching for protocol violations, and determining eligibility of the participant for the clinical trial and preventing the protocol violations. A system for screening participants for a clinical trial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Verified Clinical Trials
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Efros, Kerri Weingard
  • METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING REGISTRY OF CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANTS
    Publication number: 20170308680
    Abstract: A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining identifying information chosen from a biometric sample, personal information, physical attributes, and combinations thereof from a prospective participant, optionally generating a unique identifier code, populating a database server with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the information on non-transitory computer readable media, screening the participant for a clinical trial based on either the unique identifier code and/or participant information and searching for a match with existing participant information in the database server and a plurality of outside databases to determine protocol violations, and determining eligibility of the participant for the clinical trial and preventing the protocol violations. A system for screening participants for a clinical trial and preventing future violations while currently enrolled in a clinical trial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Efros, Kerri Weingard
  • METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING REGISTRY OF CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANTS
    Publication number: 20160259917
    Abstract: A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining identifying information chosen from a biometric sample, personal information, physical attributes, and combinations thereof from a prospective participant, generating a unique identifier code, populating a database with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the database on computer readable media, screening the participant for a clinical trial based on the unique identifier code and participant information and searching for a match with another participant, searching for protocol violations, and determining eligibility of the participant for the clinical trial and preventing the protocol violations. A system for screening participants for a clinical trial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Efros, Kerri Weingard
  • METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING REGISTRY OF CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANTS
    Publication number: 20140303999
    Abstract: A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining a biometric sample from a prospective participant, generating a unique identifier code, populating a database with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the database on computer readable media, and screening the participant for the clinical trial based on the unique identifier code and participant information. A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining personal information from a prospective participant, generating a unique identifier code, populating a database with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the database on computer readable media, and screening the participant for the clinical trial based on the unique identifier code and participant information. A database stored on computer readable media populated by unique identifier codes of prospective participants of clinical trials obtained by the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Mitchell D. Efros