Abstract
A new field of plasma applications developed in the last years, entitled plasma medicine, has focused the attention of many peoples from plasma community on biology and medicine. Subjects that involve plasma physics and technology (e.g. living tissue treatment or wound healing, cancer cell apoptosis, blood coagulation, sterilization and decontamination) are nowadays in study in many laboratories. In this paper we present results on optical and electrical diagnosis of a helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet designed for medical use. This type of plasma jet was used for improvement of the wound healing process. We observed a more rapid macroscopic healing of the plasma treated wounds in comparison with the control group.
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The authors thank to Dr. Constantin Grigoras (Gr.T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania) for its valuable help in wound healing experiments and for the fruitfull discussions.
This work was supported by CNCSIS-UEFISCSU, grant PN II-RU 297/2010-2011 and ESF in Romania, grant POSDRU/89/1.5/S/63663.
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Topala, I., Nastuta, A. (2012). Helium Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet: Diagnostics and Application for Burned Wounds Healing. In: Machala, Z., Hensel, K., Akishev, Y. (eds) Plasma for Bio-Decontamination, Medicine and Food Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2852-3_26
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