Patent ID: 8849682

Claim:
A system for adaptively managing physiological data within a medical device, the system comprising: a medical device, the device comprising: a physiological data monitor to monitor a physiological data parameter; a memory circuit to store data collected by the physiological data monitor; a processor circuit, coupled to the physiological data monitor and the memory circuit, the processor configured to, detect a pathological episode using the monitored physiological data parameter; classify the pathological episode as one of a plurality of specified episode types; capture, from the physiological data monitor, a segment of physiological data associated with the pathological episode; select, in response to the classification of the pathological episode and using the classified episode type, a compression technique from a plurality of compression techniques to process the captured segment of physiological data; process the captured physiological data using the selected compression technique to produce a processed segment of physiological data; and store the processed segment of physiological data in the memory circuit for later use.