Blood clotting by low-temperature air plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6 PART 1, 2009, Pages 993-999

  Chen, Cheng Yen ^a   Fan, Hsin Wen ^a   Kuo, Spencer P ^a   Chang, Jengwa ^b   Pedersen, Todd ^c   Mills, Travis J ^c   Huang, Cheng Chiu ^d  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic oxygen generation; Blood coagulation; Emission spectroscopy; Plasma torch

Indexed keywords

AIR PLASMAS; ATOMIC OXYGEN; ATOMIC-OXYGEN GENERATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLES; CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE-TIME; LOW TEMPERATURES; NONTHERMAL MECHANISM; OXYGEN FLUXES; PLASMA SAMPLES; PLASMA TREATMENT; PLATELET RICH PLASMA; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; BLOOD; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; COAGULATION; EFFLUENTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAS GENERATORS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA TORCHES; PLASMAS; PLATELETS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 67650303362     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2016344     Document Type: Article

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