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US 11,684,793 B2Granted
Non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma keloid treatment device, and use thereof
AssigneeAjou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
InventorsChul Ho Kim, Sung Un Kang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma keloid treatment device and a use thereof. The non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma keloid treatment device according to the present invention has effects of inhibiting collagen deposition in keloid fibroblasts and mobility thereof, and thus, is expected to be greatly useful for preventing and treating keloids.
Claims5
A method of preventing or treating keloids of a subject in need thereof, the method comprising:
- (a) a step of treating a skin of the subject with plasma for at least 30 seconds using a non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma keloid treatment device,
- wherein the non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma keloid treatment device comprises
- a power supply;
- a plasma generator;
- a gas supply path;
- and
- a housing,
- wherein the power supply comprises a high-voltage transformer, the plasma generator comprises an electrode, a metal electrode, a dielectric, and a reaction part, the plasma generator comprises a non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma source with multiple nozzles, and the dielectric is constituted of a quartz or ceramic tube;
- and
- (b) a step of administering an expression inhibitor of EGFR or STAT3 gene to the subject.
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