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US 8,894,644 B2Granted
Plasma device for selective treatment of electropored cells
AssigneeInp Greifswald Leibniz-Inst Fuer Plasmaforschung
InventorsManfred Stieber, Klaus-Dieter Weltmann, Thomas Von Woedtke, Christian Wilke, Uwe Ehrenberg
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Abstract
A method and device for treatment of living cells with cold atmospheric pressure plasma while simultaneously applying selective electroporation of the cells are provided. The method is useful for the local selective killing of cancer cells, improvement of wound treatment and sterilization or decontamination of objects.
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A device, comprising:
- at least one plasma-source electrode;
- at least one electroporation electrode;
- a gas supply;
- at least one voltage supply;
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- a cell tissue position;
- an object position;
- wherein said device is capable of exposing living cells to plasma and electroporation at the same time;
- wherein the living cells to be treated are located in the cell tissue position,
- the at least one electroporation electrode is located at the object position, and
- the plasma generator provides a plasma to the object position.
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