Patient Cohort Response Prediction via Segmented Data Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a lack of effective methods to quickly and comprehensively analyze vast amounts of medical data, particularly in cancer research, to predict patient responses and survival rates, due to the complexity and volume of clinical, molecular, and phenotypic data.

Innovation Solution

A system and user interface are developed to predict patient cohort responses by defining a sample patient population, identifying key inflection points, and using automated analysis to generate insights through a reactive user interface, which includes methods for selecting cohorts, calculating survival rates, and creating decision trees based on patient data to predict outcomes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional manual analysis methods are used to process medical data, then analysis comprehensiveness may be maintained, but analysis speed and efficiency deteriorate significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanalysis speedVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex medical data analysis task into multiple distinct modules: data ingestion module, data cleaning module, exploratory data analysis module, model training module, and prediction module. Each module handles a specific aspect of the analysis pipeline, allowing parallel processing and reducing overall complexity while improving analysis speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediate data structures and processing layers between raw medical data and final predictions. These include standardized data formats, intermediate feature representations, and cached computation results that mediate between different analysis stages, enabling efficient processing without losing comprehensiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive medical data including genomic, proteomic, and clinical information is collected, then prediction accuracy improves, but data processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data processing and cleaning operations before main analysis. This includes pre-processing genomic and proteomic data, standardizing clinical information formats, and pre-calculating feature representations. By preparing data in advance, the system reduces processing time during actual prediction while maintaining comprehensive data utilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts and separates critical features from comprehensive medical data into distinct feature sets. Instead of processing all raw data simultaneously, the system identifies and extracts key predictive features from genomic, proteomic, and clinical sources, processing them separately and combining results. This extraction approach maintains prediction accuracy while significantly reducing computational burden.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If detailed patient cohort analysis is performed to identify outlier groups, then clinical insights improve, but computational complexity and resource requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclinical insightsVSAvoidcomputational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates simplified copies or representations of complex patient cohort data for analysis purposes. Instead of directly analyzing all raw patient records, the system generates aggregated cohort profiles, summary statistics, and representative feature vectors that capture essential clinical patterns. These copied representations enable detailed outlier detection while reducing computational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

4Measurement precision

If multiple data types including demographic, clinical, molecular, and phenotypic information are integrated, then patient response prediction accuracy improves, but system complexity and data integration challenges increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoiddata integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal data integration framework that handles multiple data types through a common architecture. The system uses a unified data model and standardized processing pipelines that can accommodate demographic, clinical, molecular, and phenotypic information without requiring separate processing systems. This multi-functional approach integrates diverse data sources while managing system complexity through consistent interfaces and protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11875903B2Method and process for predicting and analyzing patient cohort response, progression, and survival
Publication Date: 2024.01.16 TEMPUS AI INC
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AI summary

A system and method for analyzing a data store of de-identified patient data to generate one or more dynamic user interfaces usable to predict an expected response of a particular patient population or cohort when provided with a certain treatment. The automated analysis of patterns occurring in patient clinical, molecular, phenotypic, and response data, as facilitated by the various user interfaces, provides an efficient, intuitive way for clinicians to evaluate large data sets to aid in the potential discovery of insights of therapeutic significance.