ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,674, issued on March 24.

"Chronic pain and food trigger tracking system and processes" was invented by Anosua Mukhopadhyay (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine-learning based, interactive chronic pain and food trigger tracking system and processes and a cross-platform chronic pain and food trigger tracking app are disclosed. A machine learning algorithm automatically categorizes pain symptoms against food input and categorizes the input in taxonomic categories to give users feedback on whether a food could be contributing to their pain intensity. Dialectic behavior therapy guides users through chronic pain mana...