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Humana was granted a patent for predicting diabetes onset and progression.

What happened

In August 2026 Humana patented a risk-ranking system for identifying members likely to develop diabetes or experience worsening symptoms in healthcare and care-management settings.

Source

patents.google.comAug 18, 2026

US patent US12712054

Diabetes onset and progression prediction using a computerized model

Abstract

The disclosed computerized system and method facilitates predicting the onset of diabetes or symptom progression in those patients already suffering from the disease. The computerized system and method applies steps to segment the population by predefined member characteristics. Once segmented, the computerized system and method applies a plurality of prediction models to the segmented population data to provide a ranking of members of the population that indicates the likelihood of onset or progression of diabetes for each member.

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Grant date
Aug 18, 2026
Inventors
4
Tech area
health tech / medical informatics
Patent number
US12712054

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People

  • Yanting DongInventor
  • Jing FanInventor
  • Vinay ChiguluriInventor
  • Vipin GopalInventor

Details

Primary CPC class
G16H 10/20 (Healthcare informatics (ICT for medical/healthcare data))
USPTO assignee
Humana Inc.
What the invention does
A computer model groups people by shared characteristics and ranks them by their predicted likelihood of developing diabetes or having the disease progress.

Topics and mentions

Tags

  • Intellectual Property
  • Research & Development
  • Healthcare Technology
  • Analytics & Insights
  • Medical Research

Technologies named

  • predictive analytics
  • healthcare informatics
  • diabetes risk modeling

Extraction

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