Patent ID: 8285389

Claim:
A system for providing neural stimulation to a neural target in an autonomic nervous system of a patient for a heart failure therapy to the patient, comprising: a motion monitor configured to sense motion of the patient and provide a signal indicative of a sensed motion level, wherein the motion monitor is configured to sense an unintended motion caused by the neural stimulation; a physiological activity monitor configured to sense a physiological activity of the patient that is different than the sensed motion of the patient, wherein the physiological activity monitor is configured to provide a signal indicative of a sensed physiological activity level; an electrode configured for use to deliver the neural stimulation to the neural target; a neural stimulator, including a pulse generator configured to deliver a neural stimulation signal through the electrode to provide the neural stimulation to the neural target for the heart failure therapy, wherein the pulse generator is configured to deliver the neural stimulation signal as a series of pulses with different programmed burst patterns for different stimulation intensity levels; and a modulator configured to modulate the neural stimulation signal to change an intensity level of the neural stimulation; a controller configured to store a mapping of a plurality of physiological activity levels and a plurality of motion levels for the unintended motion caused by the neural stimulation to a plurality of neural stimulation intensity levels, wherein the controller is configured to receive both the signal indicative of the physiological activity level and the signal indicative of the sensed motion level and to control the modulator to deliver the neural stimulation at intensity levels mapped to the sensed physiological activity level and the sensed motion level.