USPTO Patent Grant: Data Security for Digital Therapeutics

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Health Informatics (G16H)

Published March 17th, 2026

Detected March 22nd, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted a patent (US12580899B2) to Click Therapeutics, Inc. for a method ensuring data security in digital therapeutics. The patent covers systems and methods for encrypting, anonymizing, and transmitting patient-generated event data between patient devices and healthcare provider systems.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent US12580899B2 to Click Therapeutics, Inc. This patent covers "Systems and methods for ensuring data security in the treatment of diseases and disorders using digital therapeutics." The core innovation involves a method for receiving, encrypting, anonymizing, and storing patient-generated event data from digital therapeutics, and then securely transmitting this data to healthcare providers upon request using an authentication token.

This patent grant is a non-binding notice of intellectual property protection and does not impose new regulatory obligations. However, it highlights advancements in data security for digital therapeutics, a rapidly growing area within healthcare. Companies developing or utilizing digital therapeutics should be aware of this patented technology, particularly concerning the handling and transmission of sensitive patient data, to ensure their own systems and practices align with evolving industry standards and intellectual property landscapes.

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Systems and methods for ensuring data security in the treatment of diseases and disorders using digital therapeutics

Grant US12580899B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

Click Therapeutics, Inc.

Inventors

Ian McFarland, Davina Pallone, Jason F. Ma, Daniel Barbosa, Phu Trinh

Abstract

A method that includes receiving patient-generated event data over a network from a patient device associated with a patient having an active digital therapy prescription for treating an underlying disease or disorder. The patient-generated event data is encrypted by the patient device and includes at least one timestamped event related to the active digital therapy prescription. In response to receiving the patient-generated event data, the method includes decrypting, anonymizing, and storing the anonymized patient-generated event data on memory hardware. The method further includes receiving a patient record request over the network from a healthcare provider (HCP) system that requests the patient-generated event data and includes an authentication token. In response to receiving the patient record request, the method includes retrieving and encrypting the anonymized patient-generated event data from the memory hardware using the authentication token. The method also includes transmitting the encrypted patient-generated event data to the HCP system.