Patent ID: 9259177
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,G06F,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method of selective data retention in an implantable medical device, the method comprising: sensing a neurological event that includes ictal content; creating a data record of the neurological event that includes the ictal content; determining a severity level of the neurological event by analyzing the ictal content; storing the data record in a data structure containing a plurality of data records, the plurality of data records representing information about a plurality of neurological events; determining a priority index for the plurality of data records based on severity levels of the determined neurological events where the higher the severity level the higher the priority index; and once the data structure is full, selectively replacing an existing data record in the data structure with a newer data record that has a higher priority index than the existing data record.