Patent ID: 6778859
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
A process for processing and memorizing of data to be recorded over a first period of time, in an active implantable medical device such as a pacemaker, a defibrillator, a cardiovertor and/or a multisite device, characterized by the steps of:a) memorizing in a first memory sector a detailed representation of said data over a first plurality of second time periods, said first plurality of second time periods corresponding to a third time period shorter than said first time period; b) periodically, reading in the first memory sector the detailed representation of the data and processing said read data to produce a consolidated representation of the data of said first plurality of second time periods for a fourth time period; c) cumulatively memorizing in a second memory sector (12) the consolidated representations for a second plurality of fourth time periods, said second plurality of fourth time periods corresponding to the first time period; and d) freeing a portion of the first memory sector to allow the memorizing therein a detailed representation of new data for another first plurality of second time intervals.