Patent ID: 7421292
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling the storing and recording of diagnostic data within an implantable medical device having a temporary memory and a long-term memory, the method comprising: monitoring cardiac rhythm through the implantable medical device; evaluating the cardiac rhythm to determine the likelihood that a cardiac arrhythmia will arise; controlling the storing and recording of diagnostic data associated with the cardiac rhythm such that no diagnostic data is stored in the implantable temporary memory until it has been determined that a cardiac arrhythmia is likely to arise; if it is determined that a cardiac arrhythmia is likely to arise, evaluating the cardiac rhythm to determine if a cardiac arrhythmia did actually occur; and controlling the storing and recording of diagnostic data associated with the cardiac rhythm such that no diagnostic data is transferred from the implantable temporary memory and recorded in the implantable long-term memory until it has been determined that a cardiac arrhythmia did actually occur.