Patent ID: 8396560

Claim:
A device for delivering a closed-loop neural stimulation therapy with neural response feedback to a desired neural target in an autonomic nervous system to elicit a desired neural response, comprising: a port adapted to connect a lead; a memory including instructions stored therein to implement the closed-loop neural stimulation therapy, wherein implementation of the neural stimulation therapy causes a sympathetic or parasympathetic neural response, and the instructions to implement the neural stimulation therapy include instructions to use a detected neural response to the neural stimulation therapy as feedback for the closed-loop neural stimulation therapy, and to modify the neural stimulation therapy based on the detected neural response to provide the desired neural response to the neural stimulation therapy; a pulse generator connected to the port and adapted to provide a neural stimulation signal to the lead, wherein the pulse generator and the lead are adapted to cooperate to stimulate the desired neural target for the neural stimulation therapy using the neural stimulation signal; a signal processing module connected to the port and adapted to receive and process a nerve traffic signal from the lead into a signal indicative of the detected neural response to stimulating the neural target; and a controller connected to the pulse generator and the signal processing module, wherein the controller is configured to execute the instructions in the memory to implement the neural stimulation therapy using the detected neural response as feedback for the neural stimulation therapy, wherein the detected neural response is used to adjust at least one stimulation parameter of the neural stimulation signal based on the detected neural response to provide the desired neural response to the neural stimulation therapy.