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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Taral Oza, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Taral Oza, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device for collecting and storing electrophysiological data is presented. The method comprises: (a) sensing electrophysiological data from a patient; (b) classifying data intervals as either a critical interval or a non-critical interval; (c) identifying an episode; and (d) directing storage of the data representing the episode in the memory unit, wherein the data representing the episode is stored at varying sampling frequencies depending on the classification of the data interval. The device comprises a sense circuit, a processor, and a memory unit, wherein the processor is adapted to perform the above-stated method.