Patent Document ID: 8825168
Application ID: 12557218
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for at least partially fitting a medical implant system to a patient comprising: executing a genetic algorithm to select a determined value set comprising values for a plurality of fitting parameters, the genetic algorithm comprising: presenting signals processed according to a plurality of initial value sets to the patient using the medical implant system; receiving patient feedback in response to the presented signals processed according to the initial value sets; selecting, based on the patient feedback, one or more of the initial value sets; generating a successor generation of one or more value sets using said selected one or more initial value sets; selecting a mutation rate based on at least one of the one or more successor value sets, wherein the selecting a mutation rate comprises: choosing the mutation rate based on a homogeneity of the successor value sets, wherein the choosing the mutation rate comprises: determining the number of successor value sets that match at least one other successor value set; and determining the mutation rate based on the determined number of matching value sets; mutating at least a portion of at least one of the one or more successor value sets using the selected mutation rate to form one or more mutated value sets; and selecting the determined value set from the one or more mutated value sets; and providing said determined value set to said medical implant system for use in providing stimulation to the patient.