Cold Plasma Speeds Up Wound Healing
 

Cold Plasma Speeds Up Wound Healing
http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/...plasmaderm.pngAn interdisciplinary team of German researchers is using cold plasma to speed up the healing of external wounds. The technique relies on creating a high voltage drop between a special device, called the PlasmaDerm, and the skin. The air within this region turns into a cool*ionized gas, k**wn as cold plasma. The researchers conducted a review to assess the potential dangers of cold plasma on humans, since it’s never been used for clinical purposes. Their conclusion was that there’s **thing to be concerned about and they moved to test the tech**logy on real patients.

What they found was that the bacterial count within the wounds treated with cold plasma went down, while the electric field applied by the hand-held plasma device promoted blood circulation and oxygenation of the wound tissue. The result is faster healing with little discomfort.

The researchers behind the project are hoping that this tech**logy may find its way into the hands of consumers for treating everyday injuries such as bruises, while for clinicians a modified form of the tech**logy may be used to assess wounds in a new manner.

Here’s a video about the PlasmaDerm and how it works:

Product page: PlasmaDerm…

Source:*Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft…

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