Patent ID: 7756573
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method carried out by a therapeutic implantable medical device (IMD), the method comprising: detecting a plurality of physiologic episodes of interest; recording a single set of diagnostic data indicative of physiologic activity; determining that the single set of diagnostic data corresponds in time with at least two physiologic episodes; associating the single set of diagnostic data with the at least two of the plurality of physiologic episodes, whereby requests for diagnostic data associated with any of the at least two of the plurality of physiologic episodes are satisfied with diagnostic data from the single set of recorded diagnostic data; prioritizing the plurality of physiologic episodes based on episode types associated with the physiologic episodes; specifying a minimum number associated with each episode type, wherein the minimum number indicates a minimum number of sets of diagnostic data to be recorded for the associated episode type; specifying a maximum number associated with each episode type, wherein the maximum number indicates a maximum number of sets of diagnostic data to be recorded for the associated episode type; and deleting the recorded single set of diagnostic data only if a later recorded set of diagnostic data is associated with a detected physiologic episode having an episode type of a higher priority, and deletion of the single set of diagnostic data would not result in fewer sets of diagnostic data than the minimum number specified for the episode type associated with the single set of diagnostic data.