MUMBAI, India, Aug. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621081367 A) filed by Nikhil Rote; and Dr. Anto Sebastian on July 01, 2026, for A System And Method For Ethical Governance, Legal Compliance, Risk Assessment, And Regulatory Oversight Of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Applications In Mental Healthcare.
Inventors include Nikhil Rote; and Dr. Anto Sebastian.
The application for the patent was published on August 21, 2026, under issue no. 34/2026.
Abstract: Abstract The present invention relates to a comprehensive system and method for regulating Artificial Intelligence-assisted applications in mental healthcare through an integrated framework for ethical governance, legal compliance, explainability, accountability, and patient safety. The invention combines consent management, privacy-preserving data processing, ethical risk assessment, automated legal compliance verification, bias detection, explainable artificial intelligence, clinical risk monitoring, mandatory human oversight, blockchain-based audit trails, and continuous model surveillance into a unified governance platform. The system evaluates AI- assisted mental healthcare applications before and during deployment, ensuring fairness, transparency, regulatory compliance, and protection of patient rights while minimizing algorithmic bias and clinical risk. The invention is applicable to hospitals, telepsychiatry platforms, digital therapeutics, mental health clinics, research institutions, healthcare regulators, and AI medical device developers, providing a scalable and jurisdiction-adaptive framework for trustworthy and accountable AI in mental healthcare.
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