Patent ID: 8478417

Claim:
A method for reporting neurologic data of a plurality of-neurologic events from an implantable medical device to an external device, comprising: (A) obtaining a plurality of data records which include indications of a plurality of neurologic events with the implantable medical device, the plurality of neurologic events associated with a seizure condition; (B) respectively assigning a plurality of severity levels to the plurality of data records with the implantable medical device, the severity levels respectively assigned to the data records based upon the indications of the plurality of neurologic events, the plurality of severity levels indicative of relative severity of the plurality of neurologic events; (C) determining a priority index for the plurality of data records with the implantable medical device, wherein the determination of the priority index depends upon the plurality of severity levels respectively assigned to the plurality of data records; (D) selecting a set of data records from the plurality of data records for transferring to the external device, the selection based upon the data records of the selected set being higher in the priority index than the other data records of the plurality of data records; and (E) communicating the set of selected data records from the implantable medical device to the external device via telemetry.