Abstract: A plasma source, particularly for disinfection of wounds, comprising: an ionization chamber having an inlet for introducing a gas into the ionization chamber and further having an outlet for dispensing the ionized gas onto an object; several ionization electrodes being disposed within the ionization chamber for ionizing the gas and a predetermined ratio of the electrode-electrode distance on the one hand and the electrode-wall distance on the other hand, wherein the ratio is in a range approximately between about 1.8 and about 2.2.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2010
Assignees:
Max-Planck Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e. V., Adtec Europe Limited
Inventors:
Gregor Morfill, Tetsuji Shimizu, Bernd Steffes, Shuitsu Fujii
Abstract: A plasma source, particularly for disinfection of wounds, comprising: an ionization chamber having an inlet for introducing a gas into the ionization chamber and further having an outlet for dispensing the ionized gas onto an object; several ionization electrodes being disposed within the ionization chamber for ionizing the gas and a predetermined ratio of the electrode-electrode distance on the one hand and the electrode-wall distance on the other hand, wherein the ratio is in a range approximately between about 1.8 and about 2.2.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 11, 2006
Publication date:
October 2, 2008
Applicants:
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Adtec Europe Limited
Inventors:
Gregor Morfill, Tetsuji Shimizu, Bernd Steffes, Shuitsu Fujii