CPC A61N 1/36062 (2017.08) [A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |
1. A method of treating a patient having sensation loss associated with diabetic neuropathy, the patient having a first subset of neurons and a second subset of neurons, with at least the second subset of neurons demonstrating a pathological afferent neutral response to a sensory input, the method comprising:
in response to identifying that the second subset of neurons demonstrate the pathological afferent neural response to a sensory input, programming a signal generator to deliver, via at least one implanted signal delivery element, a paresthesia-free electrical signal having a frequency within a frequency range of from about 1.2 kHz to about 100 kHz to the patient's spinal cord,
wherein the paresthesia-free electrical signal activates the first subset of neurons within the spinal cord to modify a state of the second subset of neurons and thereby increase afferent neural activity generated in the second subset of neurons in response to a sensory input.
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