The plasma jet kINPen – A powerful tool for wound healing

Clinical Plasma Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-28

  Bekeschus, Sander ^a   Schmidt, Anke ^a   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a   von Woedtke, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure argon plasma jet; Chronic wounds; kINPen MED; Plasma medicine; Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species; Redox modulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OZONE;

ARGON PLASMA LASER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMEDICINE; CELL STIMULATION; CHRONIC WOUND; COLD PHYSICAL PLASMA; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVICE THERAPY; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROORGANISM; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMA; PLASMA JET KINPEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CELL; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84955589614     PISSN: 22128166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpme.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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