Patent ID: 8027791
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A self improving method of classifying a specimen from a patient at possible risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF), the method comprising: using an algorithm, by a computer, for classifying specimens based on at least one class identifier, wherein said class identifier includes a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP), the SNP selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO.'s 1-83 and 102; generating a specimen profile from the specimen by analyzing the genomic information of the specimen and storing, by a computer, the specimen profile in a database; classifying, based on the specimen profile, the specimen into a class of being from a patient at possible risk of VT/VF; the classifying being carried out using the algorithm; determining if reclassification of the specimen is necessary; refining the algorithm based on a refinement of the at least one class identifier, and reclassifying the specimen if necessary, by a computer.