Patent Document ID: 7764996
Application ID: 11554986
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: a prediction criteria module, adapted to store information about one or more chronobiological rhythm prediction criteria; a physiological information collection device, adapted to sense or receive information about at least one physiological process having a chronobiological rhythm whose presence, absence, or change is statistically associated with a disease state; an impending disease state prediction module, coupled to the prediction criteria module to receive the one or more chronobiological rhythm prediction criteria and coupled to the physiological information collection device to receive the chronobiological rhythm of the at least one physiological process, the impending disease state prediction module being adapted to predict an occurrence of impending disease using the one or more chronobiological rhythm prediction criteria and the chronobiological rhythm of the at least one physiological process; and at least one of the prediction criteria module, the physiological information collection device, or the impending disease state prediction module including an implantable portion; wherein the predicted occurrence of impending disease is computed using one or more stored weighting factors, each weighting factor corresponding to a chronobiological rhythm of a different one of the at least one physiological processes.