Closed loop stimulation based on response avoidance

A system for providing electrostimulation to a patient, the system comprising:

• an electrostimulator configured to provide a stimulation pulse train to a neural target of the patient in accordance with one or more stimulation parameters, the stimulation pulse train comprising a plurality of pulses;
• a sensing circuit configured to sense, during a stimulation surveillance phase, respective evoked responses to the plurality of pulses in the stimulation pulse train;
• a user interface configured to receive a user input to program the electrostimulator;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• detect an evoked neural activity from the sensed respective evoked responses;
• in response to the evoked neural activity satisfying a detection criterion, recursively adjust the one or more stimulation parameters, deliver a modified stimulation pulse train in accordance with the recursively adjusted one or more stimulation parameters, and re-detect an evoked neural activity from respective evoked responses to the modified stimulation pulse train, until the re-detected evoked neural activity fails to satisfy the detection criterion;
• and
• generate a control signal to the electrostimulator to provide electrostimulation in accordance with the recursively adjusted one or more stimulation parameters.