Plasma Technology

In physics and chemistry, plasma is typically an ionized gas - where free electrons are not bound to an atom or molecule. The free electric charges make the plasma electrically conductive so that it responds strongly to electromagnetic fields1. Plasma gases have numerous applications in energy, chemistry, materials processing and synthesis, environment and medicine and other industries.

Plasma in Medicine

Recent breakthroughs in plasma science and engineering lead to a unique opportunity for revolutionary applications of plasma interactions with living organisms such as viruses, bacteria and actual human living tissue. A new exciting and promising research area of "PLASMA BIO-MEDICINE" has been created recently on the border of bio-medical and engineering sciences.

Interaction of the essentially biologically active plasma medium with living tissue leads to such developments as healing diseases that were previously non-treatable and physical control of biological evolution of organisms on different spatial and time scales. These include:

• plasma-stimulated apoptosis of the melanoma cancer cells
• non-chemical and non-damaging treatment of skin diseases
• fast and effective cold sterilization of air/water streams and temperature-sensitive surfaces
• room temperature accelerated blood coagulation and wound treatment
• rapid non-damaging sterilization of living tissue