Programming of neural stimulation therapy with multiple stimulation sets

An automated method of controllably delivering neural stimuli, the method comprising:

• delivering, according to a first stimulation set of a plurality of stimulation sets, the neural stimuli to a neural pathway of a patient according to respective stimulus intensity parameters, wherein each stimulation set comprises a stimulus electrode configuration and a set of stimulus parameters;
• capturing a signal window subsequent to each delivered neural stimulus;
• measuring a characteristic of an evoked neural response in each captured signal window;
• and
• determining a quality metric for the first stimulation set from the measured characteristics.

A neurostimulation system comprising:

• a multiple-stimset closed-loop neurostimulation device configured to controllably deliver neural stimuli according to a plurality of stimulation sets to a neural pathway of a patient so as to maintain a neural response intensity for at least an applied stimulation set of the plurality of stimulation sets at a corresponding target value;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• instruct the multiple-stimset closed-loop neurostimulation device to deliver a plurality of neural stimuli according to a first stimulation set of the plurality of stimulation sets;
• receive a captured signal window corresponding to each delivered neural stimulus;
• measure a characteristic of an evoked neural response in each captured signal window;
• and
• determine a quality metric for the first stimulation set from the measured characteristics.