Patent ID: 8064992

Claim:
An active implantable medical device with Holter recording functions, comprising: means for collecting data relating to a state of a patient carrying the device and/or operation of the device; means for analyzing the collected data relating to the state of the patient to produce general representative information; means for continuous collection of a monitored signal representative of a physiological function of the patient; a data memory means internal to the device; means for analyzing the monitored signal in real time to detect an occurrence of a particular physiological event of the patient; and means for programming the data memory means, wherein the means for programming is configured to commutate the data memory means between a standard mode and a dedicated mode on detection of the occurrence of the particular physiological event, and wherein, in the standard mode, the means for programming also is configured to record the general representative information in a first zone of the data memory means, and in the dedicated mode, the means for programming is configured to dynamically allocate a second zone in the data memory means and record the monitored signal representative of said physiological function in the second zone for a first period of time while continuing to store the general representative information in the first zone.