US 12,303,690 B2
Apparatus and methods for improving sensory nerve sensitivity
Alon Ironi, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to THERANICA BIO-ELECTRONICS LTD., Netanya (IL)
Filed by THERANICA BIO-ELECTRONICS LTD., Netanya (IL)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/388,659.
Application 18/388,659 is a continuation of application No. 17/157,230, filed on Jan. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,844,946.
Application 17/157,230 is a continuation of application No. 15/761,614, granted, now 10,926,090, issued on Feb. 23, 2021, previously published as PCT/IL2016/051043, filed on Sep. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/221,146, filed on Sep. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075294 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36103 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36128 (2013.01); A61N 1/36132 (2013.01); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
placing a plurality of electrodes at respective locations upon a surface of a portion of a body of a subject; and
increasing sensitivity of sensory nerves of the portion of the body of a subject, by activating at least one computer processor to iteratively:
simultaneously apply sets of electrical stimulation pulses to two locations upon a surface of the body portion, via a given pair of the electrodes, the two locations being separated from each other by a given distance;
receive an input from the subject that is indicative of whether the subject sensed the sets of electrical stimulation pulses as having been applied to a single location or more than one location;
in response to the input from the subject, designate another pair of the electrodes via which to simultaneously apply sets of electrical stimulation pulses at another set of two locations upon the surface of the body portion, the two locations being separated from each other by a distance that is different from the given distance; and
simultaneously apply sets of electrical stimulation pulses, via the other pair of electrodes, to the other set of at least two locations upon the surface of the body portion.