Bio-Medical Applications of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma

Abstract

Non-Thermal Floating Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge (FE-DBD) Plasma in Direct Contact with Living Tissue The focus of this work is direct application of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma to human tissue, where this tissue serves as a second active electrode. Such use has significant advantages over the existing technologies. Ultra Violet (UV) radiation, especially high energy Vacuum UV (VUV), does not have good penetration depth in air and VUV exists only in the discharge area. Short-lived active species and radicals (like OH, NO, O2( + Δ g 1 ) and other electronically excited species, atomic Oxygen, etc.) do not,