Patent ID: 7630755

Claim:
An automated method for collecting and organizing information associated with at least one syncope event of a patient, the at least one syncope event comprising a suspected syncope event, a verified syncope event, or a suspected and verified syncope event, the method comprising: acquiring information associated with the at least one syncope event, the acquiring including sensing one or more non-physiological parameters, and the acquired information including pre-syncope information acquired before the at least one syncope event; organizing the acquired information as a syncope log entry; and predicting an occurrence of a future syncope event based on at least one precursor condition leading up to the at least one syncope event, the predicting being preceded by: identifying the at least one precursor condition based on the acquired pre-syncope information, the at least one precursor condition comprising a non-physiological condition predisposing the patient to syncope-related events; wherein at least one of acquiring the information and organizing the information is performed at least in part implantably.