Viratech Corp. announced the signing of an agreement for a license issued from Chris Ryan and Kevin Buckman for a patent-pending, provisional application titled ‘method of lowering a cancer patient's morbidity rate by increasing quality of life of patient by leveraging cause-based electronic social support networks'. This invention was created to lower morbidity in cancer patients by creating an online, cause-based Social Support Network (SSN) for the benefit of cancer patients based on the modular adaption, construction and best practices implementation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), and Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30 (QLQ-C30).

There are other benefits to cancer patients and this platform can be used for other medical disorders, like diabetes, heart diseases, or even as a business development platform. The social support network is made up of miniature social networks, called Micro Support Networks (MSN), which revolve around a single user, or Beneficiary, who is facing a particular challenge or obstacle related to cancer.