System and Method for Treating a Patient by Applying an Electric Field

A method of providing a half cell battery to a patient, the method comprising the acts of:

• providing a substrate configured with insulating separations between reservoirs of a half-cell locations;
• depositing reservoirs of a half-cell metal onto the substrate in a spaced arrangement such that neighboring reservoirs are electrically isolated from one another;
• applying the substrate with the deposited zinc reservoirs to the patient such that the zinc reservoirs form half cells of a battery that creates an electric field.

The method of claim 13 wherein the substrate is a hydrogel, hydrocolloid, or starch.

A method of treating a condition, wherein the condition comprises at least one of purpura, joint pain, tennis elbow, convalescence aches, diabetic neuropathy, and arthritic conditions, the method comprising the acts of:

• forming a plurality of fibers having a plurality of a half-cell metal embedded in the plurality of fibers;
• forming a textile from the plurality of fibers
• applying the textile to the skin of a patient in the vicinity of the condition to initiate galvanic reaction with the zinc reservoirs to create an electric field.