GoodCell (“LifeVault Bio”), the company decoding human health to extend and improve the quality of life through technology powered by science, today announced it has filed a patent that will extend its intellectual property (IP) for quantifying risk and assessing cell quality to identify and validate indicators of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. The filing marks a critical step toward a test to identify patients at risk of COVID-19 complications, which could aid public health officials’ decisions for developing safe reopening strategies and identifying the most vulnerable groups.