Patents Assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development
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Patent number: 12150917Abstract: Method for generating user interface that indicates medication changes in medication starts with a processor detecting a medication change event. Processor retrieves medication information based on the medication change event including images of two medications. Processor generates color difference output using a color neural network, image of first medication and second medication. Color difference output comprises information on a difference in hue, saturation or color distribution. Processor generates medication appearance difference output using medication appearance neural network, image of first medication and second medication. Medication appearance difference output comprises information on a difference in shape, segmentation or form. Processor generates a differential record using the color difference output and medication appearance difference output.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Christopher M. Myers, Danielle L. Smith, Daniel McConnell
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Patent number: 12145759Abstract: A pharmaceutical order processing system for processing a plurality of pharmaceutical containers includes a container repository, a container selector, an order consolidator transporter and an order consolidator. The container repository supports the pharmaceutical containers. The container selector has a picker to pick the pharmaceutical containers from the pharmaceutical container repository. The container selector includes a carriage supporting the picker and movable relative to the container repository to move the picker around the container repository. The order consolidator receives the pharmaceutical containers and places the pharmaceutical containers in a shipping package. The order consolidator transporter receives the pharmaceutical containers after they have been picked by the picker and transports the pharmaceutical containers toward the order consolidator.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Robert E. Hoffman, Robert E. Kennedy
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Patent number: 12148014Abstract: A digital health solution system includes: a virtual pharmacy including one or more processors configured to operate a web portal for user devices via a network, the web portal serving as a marketplace for digital health solution applications available for download by and activation on user devices; a digital health marketplace including one or more processors configured to, in response to receipt of user input from a user device: determine activation criteria for a selected one of the digital health solution applications; and transmit the activation criteria to the virtual pharmacy, where the one or more processors of the virtual pharmacy are configured to transmit the activation criteria to the user device via the network; and where the user device is configured to, using the activation criteria, at least one of download and activate the selected one of the digital health solution applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Zachary A. Goodman, Sara A. Raj, William S. Patterson, Damian Ng, Daniel C. Casper, Ashley M. Jenne, Sarah E. Ham, Jamie Williams, Christina M. Vallery, Sarah Micheletti, Glen D. Stettin, Snezana Mahon
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Patent number: 12147897Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a data set that includes demographic data and population data; training, based on the data set, a neural network to establish a relationship between different physical layouts of messages and responses to the different physical layouts of the messages; applying the trained neural network to a user profile to predict a physical layout of a message; generating instructions for an electronic device based on the predicted physical layout of the message, the instructions comprising the message; and transmitting the instructions to the electronic device to create a physical label having a layout corresponding to the predicted physical layout of the message.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Andy Hahn, Thomas E. Henry, Jr.
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Patent number: 12133833Abstract: A medication dispensing system includes an automated dispensing device that includes cells with electronically activated locks. The device is configured to detect when medication counts in the cells fall below predetermined thresholds. The system further includes a plurality of first electronic devices that are associated with some of the cells and that have imagers. In response to any of the medication counts in the cells being below the predetermined threshold, the automated dispensing device is configured to automatically send a replenishment needed notification to the first electronic device associated with the cell. That first electronic device is configured to transmit a picture of a medication to a second electronic device. In response to a positive verification by a user of the second electronic device that the medication in the picture is the correct medication, the second electronic device is configured to transmit an unlock signal to the automated dispensing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Kristine Calvin
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Patent number: 12121363Abstract: A wearable computing device for monitoring and facilitating prescription adherence by a patient is provided. The wearable computing device is in communication with an inventory management server. The wearable computing device includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive a set of prescription plan data including at least a prescription identifier and a prescription rate associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is further configured to determine an inventory level associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is also configured to determine, based at least on the prescription rate, a time value representing a period of time in which a patient is prescribed to take a pharmaceutical associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is additionally configured to present a prescription inventory indicator representing the inventory level. The processor is also configured to present a timer indicator representing the time value.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Michael Lazo
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Patent number: 12125598Abstract: A method includes receiving historical data collected from a client associated with members. The historical data includes per-member metrics for the client and demographic information for the members. The method includes identifying therapeutic classes for the client based on the per-member metrics and the demographic information. The method includes segmenting the historical data into a data set for each therapeutic class. The method includes, for each therapeutic class of the set of therapeutic classes, determining a pattern for the per-member metrics corresponding to the respective therapeutic class, generating a respective predictive model based on the pattern, and training a neural network of the respective predictive model using a two-stage training process. The predictive model is configured to generate, as output for the therapeutic class, a per-member metric prediction for an input period of future time.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Christopher G. Lehmuth, Alexi E. Makarkin
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Patent number: 12118468Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting prescription drug directions are described. In one embodiment, a drug direction prediction subsystem receives and pre-processes values of a plurality of required pharmacy elements for a corresponding prescription of a plurality of prescriptions, generates respective weights for the values of the plurality of required pharmacy elements of the prescription based on one or more of the values of the plurality required pharmacy elements of the prescription, creates a machine learning model to be used by the applicable one of the plurality of machine learning algorithms in predicting drug directions of the prescription, the machine learning model using the values of the plurality of required pharmacy elements of the prescription and the respective weights, and predicts a plurality of drug directions of a new prescription by executing the machine learning model using weighted values of the plurality of required pharmacy elements of the new prescription.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Sudipto Dey, Pulla Reddy P. Yeduru
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Patent number: 12099960Abstract: A temperature-controlled medication packaging system includes a storage with a temperature-controlled interior containing at least one medication. The packaging system further includes at least one shipping container and at least one coolant that is sized to fit within the at least one shipping container. A first robot is adapted to retrieve the at least one medication from the storage and transport the at least one medication to a second robot. The second robot is adapted to receive the at least one medication from the first robot and to bring the at least one medication and the at least one shipping container and the at least one coolant together for packaging.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
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Patent number: 12087420Abstract: A system for generating dynamic user interfaces includes memory hardware storing instructions and processor hardware executing the instructions. The instructions include generating an interactive graphical user interface with fields corresponding to dates. The instructions include generating a selectable user interface element at a first field corresponding to a scheduled delivery date for a recipient. The instructions include, in response to a user dragging-and-dropping the selectable user interface element to a second field corresponding to an adjusted delivery date for the recipient, calculating a supply measure of a prior fill remaining with the recipient based on a stated duration of the prior fill and a date indicating receipt of the prior fill by the recipient. The instructions include, in response to the supply measure being greater than the threshold, moving the selectable user interface element to the second field and updating the scheduled delivery date to be the adjusted delivery date.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Peter Andrew Rosomoff
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Patent number: 12073931Abstract: Methods and systems for performing dose regimen modification are provided. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: receiving prescription related data for treating a patient with an expected level of efficacy, the prescription related data comprising medication regimen information including dose and interval; determining, using a model, a first amount of drug waste based on the prescription related data; comparing the first amount of drug waste to a threshold value; and in response to determining that the first amount of drug waste transgresses the threshold value, identifying an alternate medication regimen that is associated with a treatment having a given level of efficacy corresponding to the expected level of efficacy, the alternate medication regimen being associated with a second amount of drug waste that is lower than the first amount of drug waste; and triggering a notification associated with the alternate medication regimen.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Lesley A. D'Albini, William J. Wright, Sid Phadke, Mark Jacob, Mary M. Dorholt
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Patent number: 12073352Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe receiving a transport request from a first device, transmitting the transport request to a second device, causing the second device to display a first instruction, determining that a current location of a securable container associated with the second device matches the first location, based on the determination, generating a first access code operable to access the securable container, and transmitting the first access code to a third device, receiving an indication that the securable container has been opened using the first access code, based on the indication, causing the second device to display a second instruction, determining that a subsequent location of the securable container matches the second location, based on the determination, generating a second access code and transmitting the second access code to the first device; and receiving a subsequent indication that the securable container has been opened using the second access code.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Ahmed Wahba, Steven E. Williams, Karl P. Wickizer
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Patent number: 12073212Abstract: A quality assurance system includes a mainframe deployment device in communication with a mainframe device with a codebase. The mainframe deployment device initializes a branch repository corresponding to a code region of the codebase, identifies, for a code element of the code region, a timestamp indicating a creation time and a user identifier indicating an owner, populates the branch repository with the code element based on the code region and the timestamp, applies a code security scan to the branch repository to identify and resolve a code security issue, and applies a code quality scan to the branch repository to identify a code quality issue in the code element, assign the code element to the user identifier based at least partially on the timestamp, and route the code element along with information regarding the code quality issue to correct the code quality issue in the code element.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: John Ciliberti, Alexander Tyshlek, Imran Ali Mohammed
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Patent number: 12071286Abstract: The medication container includes a receptacle that has an inner space for holding medications. The cap assembly is coupled with the receptacle for retaining the medications in the inner space. The cap assembly includes at least one passage that can be selectively opened and closed and includes at least one medication sensor that is configured to detect any medications travelling through the passage and out of the receptacle in a contactless manner. A microprocessor is in electrical communication with the at least one medication sensor and with a memory. The microprocessor is configured to record data to the memory in response to the at least one medication sensor detecting a medication travelling through the passage. A wireless module is in electrical communication with the microprocessor for uploading the data to an external device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
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Patent number: 12067530Abstract: A method includes receiving a data processing request at a computing system. The data processing request identifies data to be compared to sets of criteria according to a predefined sequence of the sets that is defined by a non-variant logic process. The method also includes determining whether the request is to be processed according to a variant logic process that defines a modified sequence of the criteria sets than the non-variant logic process. The method also includes dynamically altering the predefined sequence of the criteria sets to the modified sequence responsive to determining that the request is to be processed using the variant logic process, comparing the data identified by the request with the criteria sets according to the modified sequence, and processing the data according to the criteria sets of criteria in the modified sequence.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Laurie A. Littlecreek, Corinne M. Bradley-Pollack, David M. Hutchison, Kevin Mulligan, Leah E. Sterman-Kabrt, Melissa Orlando
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Patent number: 12056651Abstract: A system and method for controlling an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for retrieval and delivery of a medical package includes determining a thermal control period for the medical package. The disclosure also includes identifying a relevant retrieval location corresponding to the medical package. The disclosure also includes identifying at least one environmental characteristic of an environment that includes a delivery three-dimensional flight path between the relevant retrieval location and a delivery location, wherein the at least one environmental characteristic indicates an actual weather value at the relevant retrieval location. The disclosure also includes determining whether to retrieve the medical package based on the thermal control period and the at least one environmental characteristic, using the unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: John Ciliberti
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Patent number: 12056650Abstract: A mail-order drug delivery system includes an order processing device configured to determine a first shipping mode and a corresponding first shipping carrier, generate an expected shipping duration associated with delivery of a drug, determine an origin forecasted temperature, determine a destination forecasted temperature, associate a shipping container with the drug to contain the drug, access temperature model data associated with the shipping container; and determine a predicted temperature of the drug at the shipping destination. The determination is based on forecasted temperatures, the expected shipping duration, the temperature model data, a next pickup time, a storage location of the drug, and a time difference between packing and the next pickup time.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Jacob J. Reinhardt
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Patent number: 12048557Abstract: A wearable computing device for identifying gestures indicating patient prescription adherence is provided. The wearable computing device includes a processor, a memory, and a motion sensor. The processor is configured to receive a set of prescription plan data defining a prescription for a pharmaceutical associated with a user of the wearable computing device. The processor is also configured to receive a gesture pattern of movement of the wearable computing device. The gesture pattern indicates that a patient is adhering to the prescription. The processor is further configured to detect, with the motion sensor, a first motion pattern associated with the wearable computing device. The processor is also configured to analyze the first motion pattern to determine if the gesture pattern has been performed. Upon determining that the gesture pattern has been performed, the processor is configured to update a prescription usage record.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth Pratt, Michael Lazo, Alan T. Shutko
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Patent number: 12039608Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining pharmacy provider networks are described. In one embodiment, claims adjudication data associated with a member and a prescribed drug is accessed. The prescribed drug associated with the member is classified as one of an acute medication and a maintenance medication. A pharmacy provider network is associated with the prescribed drug based on, at least in part, classifying the prescribed drug. It is determined if a pharmacy associated with the claims adjudication data is included within the pharmacy provider network associated with the prescribed drug. A pharmacy claim may be adjudicated for the prescribed drug based on the claim and the pharmacy provider network. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Jacob J. Cedergreen
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Patent number: D1051928Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: James M. Gaines, Jr., Nicholas D. Main