Patent ID: 8200324

Claim:
A method carried out by a therapeutic implantable medical device (IMD), the method comprising: detecting a plurality of physiologic episodes; recording a set of diagnostic data associated with the plurality of physiological episodes; prioritizing the plurality of physiologic episodes based on episode types associated with the physiologic episodes; analyzing the diagnostic data based on a minimum number and a maximum 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, and 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 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 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 set of diagnostic data.