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The Growing Use of Plasma Medicine Dr Special Article The Growing Use of Plasma Medicine Dr. S. S. Verma* Abstract Natural existence of plasma (a mixture of electrons, ions and neutral atoms) in the universe as a whole and its artificial generation on the earth in particular, has always been a subject of research interest. Plasma based technologies can offer enhanced quality of care at reduced cost and is going to be of immense societal and commercial value. Use of thermal and non-thermal (i.e. cold) plasmas with their exotic and reactive properties is expanding with applications in everyday life in the field of health science and technology, which is known as Plasma medicine. This use of plasma is totally different to blood plasma and convalescent plasma therapy. Understanding of various mechanisms by which plasma can be created artifi- cially to interact with living systems, including effects of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species and charges, has begun to emerge recently. When therapeutic applications of plasma are already widely established in plasma medicine, efforts are towards using plasma medicine for bio-medical applications including wound healing, bacterial disinfection, and tissue engineering. A bright future for plasma medicine is emerging worldwide with many promising applications on the horizon. Keywords: Cold plasma, plasma sources, plasma jets, sterilization, plasma medicine. Introduction e all know that from times immortal, the ba- are discussing the plasma and its expanding applica- sic needs for living are: air, water, light, and tions in everyday life in the field of health science and food along with many other needs like cloth, technology called Plasma medicine. By adding energy W to a gas, the electrons separate from the nucleus and transport, housing, medicine, etc. growing with time. In the present time, electricity, internet, entertainment move around freely producing plasma as a partially and many more have also come up as basic needs to- ionized gas, which shows, as an electro-conductive wards human living. In this materialistic world, we gas, a variety of interesting attributes. Plasma has al- are surrounded with matter in its three basic forms ready emerged as a very important tool in various i.e., solid, liquid and gases, which human have always fields of applications in industries. Some of the mar- been exploiting for their living, needs and well-being. kets that have seen the most growth in application of However, ninety-nine percent of all matter in the vis- Gas Plasma are aerospace, automotive, electronics, ible universe is in the state of plasma called as the food packaging, glass, marine, medical, military, op- fourth state of matter. Natural existence of plasma in tics, packaging, paint, paper, plastics, and textiles. the universe as a whole and its artificial generation on the earth in particular has always been a subject Plasma Medicine of research interest. After hot plasma, cold and low- Providing healthcare at tolerable cost is one of the pressure plasma can also be generated artificially. This greatest challenges faced across the globe in present kind of plasma is used in plasma medicine. Here we times. Technology has always played an important role in medicine and there are many medical applica- tions of ionizing radiation, lasers, ultrasound, magnet- *Department of Physics, S.L.I.E.T., Longowal, Distt.-Sangrur (Punjab) ic resonance and others. Technologies that may offer The Indian Practitioner d Vol.73 No.9 September 2020 21 Special Article enhanced quality of care at reduced cost, such as plas- conducted at several major universities, research cen- ma technology, will be of immense societal and com- ters and companies around the world over recent de- mercial value. Plasma is an ionized gas containing pos- cades demonstrates that plasma can be used in vari- itive ions and negative ions or electrons, but is approx- ety of medical applications.[6] It is already widely used imately charge neutral on the whole. Active plasma in surgeries and endoscopic procedures. It has been components, such as: molecules, atoms, ions, electrons shown to control properties of cellular and tissue ma- and photons, reactive species, ultraviolet radiation, op- trices, including biocompatibility of various substrates. tical and infrared emission, and heat have the ability Non-thermal plasma has been demonstrated to de- of activating, controlling and catalyzing reactions and activate dangerous pathogens and to stop bleeding complex biochemical procedures. Thermal and non- without damaging healthy tissue.[7] Further, it can be thermal (i.e. cold) plasmas - both already widely es- used to promote wound healing and to treat cancer. tablished in medicine - are used for various therapeu- Particularly in dermatology, plasma applications hold tic applications.[1] Electrical power and discharges have big potential, for example, in wound healing, such as been used for decades in electro-surgery for blood co- efficient disinfection or sterilization, therapy of various agulation, tissue removal, etc. Plasma scientists have skin infections or tissue regeneration. Plasma Medicine recently realized that low temperature plasmas are has seen an enormous growth in recent years for steril- quite useful for various other medical treatments, in- izing surfaces, but a fundamental understanding of the cluding hand/skin sterilization, wound healing, cell mode of action of the plasma in wound healing or in apoptosis/regeneration, and so on.[1,2,3] These applica- cancer treatment for example is still unclear due to the tions of low temperature plasmas represent an emerg- complex integration of plasma and biological systems. ing and rapidly growing frontier in low temperature However, the development of systems for controlled plasma science and technology. A deeper understand- medical plasma treatments presents tremendous op- ing of the nature of these phenomena is indispensable portunities for the future. for future technological development. The recent tre- Plasma medicine is not to be confused with conva- mendous progress in understanding physical plasma lescent plasma therapy. The idea behind convalescent phenomenon, together with the development of new plasma therapy is that immunity can be transferred plasma sources has put growing focus on the applica- from a healthy person to a sick, using blood plas- tion of plasmas in healthcare. ma. Convalescent plasma refers to the liquid part of Plasma technology is a relative newcomer to the the blood from recovered patients. So in this therapy, field of medicine but is emerging as a field that com- blood from recovered patients, which is rich with anti- bines plasma physics, life sciences and clinical medi- bodies, is used to treat other sick people. cine. Plasma medicine uses plasma for bio-medical ap- plications including wound healing, bacterial disinfec- Growing Use of Plasma Medicine tion, and tissue engineering. The term plasma medi- Understanding of various mechanisms by which cine refers to the direct treatment of human cells with plasma can interact with living systems, including ef- plasma. Because of the potential-free nature of plasma fects of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen spe- energy, it is principally suitable for the treatment of hu- cies and charges, has begun to emerge recently. In man skin. Researchers have pioneered work on the use plasma medicine, non-equilibrium plasmas are shown of atmospheric plasma systems to treat the skin by ex- to be able to initiate, promote, control, and catalyze amining the impact of most varied direct and indirect various complex behaviors and responses in biologi- applications of plasma to human skin.[4] In the process, cal systems. More importantly, plasma can be tuned to researchers also discovered a synergetic relationship achieve the desired medical effect, especially in med- between bacteria reduction through the application ical sterilization and treatment of different kind of of plasma (plasma disinfection) and wound healing. skin diseases.[8,9] Wound healing and tissue regenera- Plasma treatment has great use in the area of disinfec- tion can be achieved following various types of plasma tion of technical surfaces in medicine, known as plas- treatment in a multitude of wound pathologies. Non- ma sterilization.[5] Open air plasma jets are extremely equilibrium plasmas will be shown to be non-destruc- effective in treating surfaces in continuous operation. tive to tissue, safe, and effective in inactivation of var- Extensive verification and further development of jet ious parasites and foreign organisms. The general aim technology are required to get to the point of using it of plasma medicine is to introduce physical plasma in- in human medical applications. Experimental work to clinical practice. Plasma medicine can be subdivid- 22 The Indian Practitioner d Vol.73 No.9 September 2020 Special Article ed into three main fields: Plasma Sources • Plasma modification of biomedical surfaces The plasma sources used for plasma medicine are • Plasma based decontamination/sterilization generally low temperature plasmas, and they gener- ate ions, chemically reactive atoms and molecules, and • Direct therapeutic plasma application UV-photons. These plasma-generated active species • Precision is working in all three areas are useful for several bio-medical applications such Biomedical applications: Plasma energy contains as sterilization of implants and surgical instruments free energy carriers, i.e. ions and electrons that are nei- as well
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