Development of Innovative Medical Equipment Based on Non-thermal Plasma Generation

Dear Colleagues,

Cold gas-discharge plasma of atmospheric pressure has been successfully used in medicine for several decades—for example, a coagulator is able to instantly stop capillary bleeding or arrest the development of neoplasms, and a plasma scalpel is designed for precise tissue dissection and is often used, for example, in operations to replace a pacemaker.

Due to low gas temperature, nonthermal plasma is separated into a special type of gas-discharge plasma. Despite the small fraction of charged particles in the gas (about 1%), such plasma has a bactericidal property, and at the same time, there is a relatively high resistance of human cells and tissues to its effects.

Devices have recently been developed that are capable of generating jets of nonthermal plasma at atmospheric pressure both in a stream of inert gases and using air as a working gas. New methods of non-drug plasma therapy of septic wounds and dermatological diseases are developing rather rapidly. Of particular interest is the use of nonthermal plasma flow for skin regeneration and rejuvenation.

This Special Issue is mainly devoted to the problems of increasing the effectiveness and safety of the use of innovative medical equipment based on nonthermal plasma generation, and I hope that the works published in this issue will in the near future contribute to increasing the availability of new and safer methods of treatment for a wide range of diseases affecting humankind.

Dr. Dmitry Schitz
Dr. Mikhail Lomaev
Guest Editors

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• gas discharge
• nonthermal plasma
• medical equipment
• plasma treatment
• non-drug therapy
• plasma disinfection
• plasma skin restoration
• plasma skin rejuvenation