Patents by Inventor Sarah E. Ham

Sarah E. Ham 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).

  • Patent number: 12387827
    Abstract: A digital health solution system includes: a virtual pharmacy comprising one or more processors configured to operate a web portal for user devices via a network, the web portal serving as a marketplace for products and services available from vendors for consumption by users; a transaction processing module configured to: receive, via a network, a transaction from a vendor regarding one or more of the products and services consumed by one or more users via the virtual pharmacy for payment to the vendor; adjudicate the transaction using adjudication rules stored in memory; bill an entity for the use of the one or more of the products and services associated with the one or more users when the adjudication of the transaction passes; and transmit, via a network, a response regarding the transaction to the vendor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer, 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, Selva Prabhu, Shahnawaz A. Khan
  • Patent number: 12148014
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20230181425
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a medication container that includes a receptacle having an inner space for holding medications and a main housing coupled with the receptacle for retaining the medications in the inner space. The main housing can have an opening and a movable gate that can selectively open and close the opening. A singulator is located between the inner space of the receptacle and the opening and being shaped to only allow a single item, e.g., a medication item, to pass through the singulator to the opening at a time. The main housing may further have a generally funnel-shaped inner wall that extends a wide end adjacent the inner space of the receptacle to a narrow end adjacent the singulator for guiding the medications towards the singulator during a dispensing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Lindsay N. Gilreath, Sarah E. Ham, Robert E. Hoffman, Jamie Williams, Marian Wilson, David MacVittie, Mahesh Mistry
  • Publication number: 20220028513
    Abstract: A digital health solution system includes: a virtual pharmacy comprising one or more processors configured to operate a web portal for user devices via a network, the web portal serving as a marketplace for products and services available from vendors for consumption by users; a transaction processing module configured to: receive, via a network, a transaction from a vendor regarding one or more of the products and services consumed by one or more users via the virtual pharmacy for payment to the vendor; adjudicate the transaction using adjudication rules stored in memory; bill an entity for the use of the one or more of the products and services associated with the one or more users when the adjudication of the transaction passes; and transmit, via a network, a response regarding the transaction to the vendor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer, 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, Selva Prabhu, Shahnawaz A. Khan
  • Patent number: D897844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Nicholas D. Main, Sara A. Raj, Sarah E. Ham
  • Patent number: D974911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Nicholas D. Main, Sara A. Raj, Sarah E. Ham
  • Patent number: D1032362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Nicholas D. Main, Sara A. Raj, Sarah E. Ham
  • Patent number: D1068477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Nicholas D. Main, Sara A. Raj, Sarah E. Ham
  • Patent number: D1088493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Lindsay N. Gilreath, Sarah E. Ham, Robert E. Hoffman, Jamie Williams, Marian Wilson, David MacVittie, Mahesh Mistry