Patents by Inventor Ravi Vedanayagam

Ravi Vedanayagam 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).

  • Methods and systems for facilitating purchase of a health-related product
    Patent number: 11257578
    Abstract: In particular, systems and methods for facilitating the purchase of health-related items such as durable medical equipment are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: responsive to a selection of a health-related product input by a user, automatically determining if the health-related product is a qualified healthcare expense; calculating an out-of-pocket cost to the user of the healthcare product based on a health insurance plan of the user; and generating a coupon for the health-related product that discounts a retail cost of the health-related product to the out-of-pocket cost responsive to a merchant accepting the coupon. In this way, a healthcare consumer may utilize their healthcare insurance benefits to purchase health-related products such as durable medical equipment from retail merchants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Cambia Health Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Cathcart, Max Janasik, Alexander Thorpe, Ravi Vedanayagam, Mohan Nair
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING PURCHASE OF A HEALTH-RELATED PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20180233219
    Abstract: In particular, systems and methods for facilitating the purchase of health-related items such as durable medical equipment are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: responsive to a selection of a health-related product input by a user, automatically determining if the health-related product is a qualified healthcare expense; calculating an out-of-pocket cost to the user of the healthcare product based on a health insurance plan of the user; and generating a coupon for the health-related product that discounts a retail cost of the health-related product to the out-of-pocket cost responsive to a merchant accepting the coupon. In this way, a healthcare consumer may utilize their healthcare insurance benefits to purchase health-related products such as durable medical equipment from retail merchants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Nicole Cathcart, Max Janasik, Alexander Thorpe, Ravi Vedanayagam, Mohan Nair