Cold plasma sterilization of open wounds: Live rat model

Plasma Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Dobrynin, Danil ^a   Wasko, Kimberly ^b   Friedman, Gary ^a   Fridman, Alexander ^a   Fridman, Gregory ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cold plasma; Dielectric barrier discharge; Floating electrode; Non thermal plasma; Plasma medicine; Rat; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; COLD PLASMAS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; FLOATING ELECTRODES; NONTHERMAL PLASMA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIA; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; RATS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

PLASMAS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLD PLASMA; COLD PLASMA STERILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOATING ELECTRODE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84864244168     PISSN: 19475764     EISSN: 19475772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/PlasmaMed.2011002698     Document Type: Article

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