Patent ID: 8355789

Claim:
A method of providing neural stimulation to a patient with a neural stimulator comprising a comparator, a monitor, a stimulator configured to provide a stimulation having a plurality of stimulation parameters, and a random number generator, said neural stimulation having a target within a range of pseudo-random variation of an amount of neural stimulation for at least one of said plurality of stimulation parameters, comprising the steps of: providing neural stimulation having said plurality of stimulation parameters with said stimulator of said neural stimulator; pseudo-randomly varying at least one of said plurality of stimulation parameters with said random number generator; monitoring said neural stimulation actually delivered to said patient with said monitor of said neural stimulator; comparing said neural stimulation actually delivered to said patient with said target within said range of pseudo-random variation of said amount of neural stimulation of said at least one of said plurality of stimulation parameters with said comparator of said neural stimulator; and said neural stimulator taking an action based upon said monitoring step.