Methods for indexing and storing genetic data
CA 2496525 A1 · Owner: Young, Peter · Inventors: Floratos, Aristidis; Califano, Andrea; Wang, David G.
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Method for indexing and storing genetic data include assigning a virtual private identity (VPI) to participants in a clinical study. The VPI (30) may comprise a random number, or some other type of identifier that lacks any information that may be employed, in and of itself to determine identity , information. The system may then create an encrypted and secure database (12 14) that contains the pairing between patient identity information and the assigned VPI (30). Information collected from the patient may be stored into data tables of a database where the VPI (30) is employed as an index into the tables (46) that store the patient data. The data stored in association with a …
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- Filed August 26, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 26, 2022.
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