Patent Document ID: 9037236
Application ID: 13537757
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method to control a configuration of a neural stimulation (NS) system having an NS device coupled to an NS lead, the method comprising: cycling through multiple predetermined potential NS configurations of the NS system; setting a timer associated with an amount of time for an arrhythmia related electrophysiology change to occur in response to at least one of the predetermined potential NS configurations; after the timer expires, collecting cardiac signals from a patient that are representative of cardiac rhythms experienced by the patient, the collecting operation in connection with each of the multiple predetermined potential NS configurations for a corresponding period of time; deriving, from the cardiac signals collected after the timer expires, characteristic values (CVs) for at least one physiologic characteristic indicative of at least one of normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms in connection with each of the corresponding multiple predetermined potential NS configurations; and then selecting, from the multiple predetermined potential NS configurations, an NS operating configuration to be used by the NS system based on the CVs.