“Tissue Processing” with Atmospheric Plasmas
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- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Contributions to Plasma Physics
- Vol. 47 (1-2) , 40-48
Abstract
This article surveys current applications of gas discharges in various medical procedures. Various designs of non‐equilibrium plasma sources are described, with special attention to cold plasma devices. In “tissue processing”, two approaches are distinguished: thermal processing, such as heat‐induced coagulation, desiccation, cutting and ablation, and non‐thermal processing, based on sub‐lethal plasma effects on living cells. The latter technique requires special low‐power sources, which operate at the body temperature.Keywords
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