Patent ID: 8660638

Claim:
An automated method for collecting and organizing information associated with at least one syncope-related event of a patient, the at least one syncope-related event comprising at least a suspected syncope-related event, a verified syncope-related event, or a suspected and verified syncope-related event, the method comprising: selecting one or more patient conditions associated with one or more of the syncope-related events for which acquisition of onset data is desired; sensing for the one or more selected patient conditions; configuring a buffer memory based on buffer memory requirements appropriate for the selected one or more monitored patient conditions; temporarily storing information associated with the one or more sensed patient conditions in the configured buffer memory; a processor configured for, in response to a triggering event, acquiring occurrence information associated with the one or more sensed patient conditions during occurrence of the one or more of the syncope-related events, the occurrence information temporarily stored in the buffer memory defining onset data associated with occurrence of the one or more of the syncope-related events; the processor configuring the buffer memory using buffer memory requirements associated with the triggering event; organizing the onset data and the occurrence information as a syncope log entry; and storing the syncope log entry; wherein at least sensing for the one or more patient conditions, temporarily storing the occurrence information, and organizing the onset data and the occurrence information are respectively performed at least in part implantably.