medical applications

Replication Data for: Which CAP components are relevant for enhancing dermal microcirculation in intact skin?

This dataset was recorded in order to identify components of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) that are relevant for affecting dermal microcirculation. It contains time-resolved microcirculation parameters (oxygen saturation (StO2), tissue hemoglobin index, near-infrared perfusion index, tissue water index) assessed on the lateral proximal left arm of 10 healthy volunteers (n=1 per volunteer) by hyperspectral imaging prior and after CAP treatment for 270 s.

Plasma Medicine

Extended reaction kinetics model for non-thermal argon plasmas and its test against experimental data - Dataset

Modelling results obtained using an extended reaction kinetics model (RKM) suitable for the analysis of weakly ionised, non-thermal argon plasmas with gas temperatures around 300K at sub-atmospheric and atmospheric pressures are presented. Modelling was performed by means of a time- and space-dependent fluid model for two different dielectric barrier discharge configurations as well as for a micro-scaled atmospheric-pressure plasma jet setup. The results are also compared with measurements, as well as with modelling data obtained by use of a previously established 15-species RKM.

Plasma Chemical Processes

kINPen® MED

Plasma Medicine

The kINPen® MED is a member of the kINPen® family certified as a class IIa medical device. In medical practice, the kINPen® MED is primarily used for treating chronic wounds and pathogen-induced skin diseases. One of the key features allowing the certification as a medical device is the low gas temperature of typically 35...38 °C. A vast number of publications investigating the kINPen® MED is available, the section below presents only selected examples.

The device is commercially available from neoplas med GmbH.

Miniaturized Noble Gas Plasma Jet

Plasma Medicine

The Miniaturized Noble Gas Plasma Jet has originally been designed to be inserted into the working channel of a conventional endoscope. It has a tube-like character, is flexible, very thin and generates a biologically active jet plasma at the gas outlet. The device consists of an inner plastic tube, a ceramic nozzle, an outer plastic tube and a metal wire. The inner plastic tube is plugged upon the thin end of the ceramic nozzle.