A Letter from the Inventor - Robert Batters:
In 1973 I was working as a physical therapist in an orthopedic clinic in Arlington, VA.
One of my patients was suffering from a chronic case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy in one arm and hand. This is a condition which slows the circulation to the affected part and causes the nerves to register an inordinate amount of pain. Any movement of the affected part greatly increases the pain, but not moving only causes the condition to worsen. To touch the involved area brought tears to the patient and great frustration to me.
As per my usual protocol, when all else fails…..pray!
While praying about the situation I was watching a religious talk show, and the guest was a NASA engineer who shared the following testimony:
This man was responsible for developing an insulator for the rocket engine. The extreme heat was melting the other components near the engine. He was very much behind schedule and in a difficult spot with his superiors. As he prayed for help, he thought God was directing him to send his whole staff on a 2-week vacation. He said to himself and to God, "This is professional suicide, but I’m going to obey You."
After the 2-weeks he felt God was saying to interview everyone on his staff and find out where they had gone and what they had done on their vacations.
When he got to the last person and, the fellow said he and his wife had spent 10 days in Israel, God spoke to him and said, "This is the man!" The engineer asked what he had seen, and if he had brought anything back with him? The man described where they traveled, and said he only brought back some old pottery. God spoke to the engineer and said, "That’s the substance!" The engineer said, "Please bring in the pottery so we can analyze it." Today, that is the ceramic insulator for the rocket engine!
After hearing this man's testimony, it gave me faith to say, "Lord, if You can solve this huge problem, certainly You can give me an answer in treating this poor lady. I had a mental image of a glove with electricity flowing threw it. I took a winter- knit glove and sewed the fingers and palm with fine copper wire, and attached it to a very low power supply. The patient was too sensitive to slip the glove on, so I dampened it, rolled it up, and let her place her hand over it. To my surprise the current felt good to her hand, and greatly reduced the pain. On the second treatment she was able to put the glove on her hand, and slowly exercise her hand while the current was going through. Shortly after this I was in a supermarket and saw a butcher cutting meat, wearing a wire-mesh protective glove. I thought to myself, this is exactly what I need. The following day a butcher came to the clinic as a patient and was able to supply me with the very glove I needed. This glove, attached to a variable power source, was the treatment of choice for several years. The company which manufactured the mesh gloves also made the mesh in 3" X 18" strips for the use on various joints of the body.
Several years later an orthopedic surgeon by the name of Dr. Bart Flick, greatly improved upon the product by using a conductive cloth. And as they say, "The rest is history."
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