Abstract: A plasma treatment unit having a high-voltage stage (5, 6), arranged in a housing, for generating high-voltage signals suitable for the generation of a plasma, and having a head part (2) which is connectable to the high-voltage stage (5, 6) and in which there is situated an electrode arrangement (13) shielded by a dielectric (9), is suitable for plasma treatments in particular in the body interior by virtue of the fact that the head part (2) has an elongate transition piece (10) which is attachable to the housing and on that end of which which is not connectable to the housing there is arranged a treatment head (16, 16?), the dimensions of which perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the transition piece (10) greatly exceed the dimensions of the transition piece (10), and that, in the treatment head (16, 16?), the electrode arrangement (13) forms a spatially closed flexible sheath (12) around a resiliently elastic core (14) and is covered at its outer lateral surface by a thin layer (15) of the flexib

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode array for a dielectrically impeded plasma treatment of a surface of a body, comprising at least one flexible flat electrode (1) and one dielectric (2) consisting of a flat flexible first material which protects the electrode (1) from the surface to be treated, with a layer (3) impeding a direct current flow. The dielectric (2) can lie on the surface to be treated, above a structure (4) with projections (7), air spaces (5) being formed between the projections (7) for the creation of the plasma, which have a side open towards the surface to be treated, and a bottom-side closure as a result of the layer (3) impeding the direct current flow. The structure (4) comprises a plurality of spacer elements (6) consisting of a second material that has less flexibility than the first material, and the projections (7) of the structure (4) are partially or completely formed by the spacer elements (6).

Abstract: A flat pad structure, designed to generate a dielectric barrier discharge plasma on a contact side (109) of said pad structure, comprises a flat electrode arrangement (112) which is embedded in a flat dielectric (102), can be supplied with high-voltage signals and is shielded on all sides against an unimpeded current flow; said pad structure has better stability and can be better adapted to elongate treatment areas because a width of the structure extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and in the longitudinal direction (L) the structure has a plurality of identically structured portions (101), each with a dielectric portion in the width of the pad structure and each with at least one electrode portion; the electrode portions of said portions (101) adjoin one another in the longitudinal direction (L) and form an electrode arrangement (112) extending over the entire length such that, in order to reduce the size of the contact surface in the longitudinal direction (L), at least one portion (101) can be separate

Abstract: The invention relates to a plasma treatment device for carrying out a dielectric barrier plasma discharge, comprising an electrode unit (1), which has a treatment side (5), and comprising a supply unit (10), to which the electrode unit (1) can be mechanically connected and by means of which the electrode unit can be brought into electrical contact in order to be supplied with a supply voltage necessary for the plasma generation, wherein the electrode unit (1) has an electrode arrangement, which is shielded by means of a planar dielectric (2) at least toward the treatment side (5), enables the use of different electrode units (1) with the same supply unit (10) in that the electrode unit (1) has a coding and the supply unit (10) has an identifying device for the coding and the identifying device is connected to a control device, which controls the supply voltage for the plasma generation in accordance with the identified coding.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flat flexible coating arrangement comprising a coating surface (9) for placing on a body region of a living being and at least one electrode (3, 3?) arranged above the coating surface (9), and a dielectric (1) containing the at least one electrode (3, 3?), the at least one electrode (3, 3?) comprising a supply line for an AC high voltage in order to form a dielectrically impeded plasma. Said arrangement enables fusion processes over the course of the plasma treatment and optionally wound healing without removing the coating arrangement from the body region by means of at least one built-in sensor (14) for determining at least one parameter of the body region.

Abstract: A device for treating a body surface of a living body by means of a dielectric barrier discharge plasma, with a planar, flexible dielectric (4) by which an electrode (1) attached to a high voltage source (3) is screened off from the body surface and which is suitable for placing on the body surface, functioning as counter-electrode, and is designed with a structured surface (7) which provides a gas space for the plasma discharge between dielectric (4) and body surface, which device permits the conduct of plasma treatment and the delivery of curative or healing substances without a change of the position of the device, by virtue of the fact that a layer (11) composed of a solid, open-pore matrix of a curative or healing material is arranged on the surface (7) of the dielectric (4).

Abstract: In the case of a flat flexible support piece comprising an electrode arrangement, to which a high voltage can be supplied, for a dielectrically impeded plasma treatment of a surface to be treated, wherein the electrode arrangement has at least one flat electrode (3) and a dielectric layer (2) which has a support face for the surface to be treated and which is composed of flat flexible material and which electrically shields the at least one electrode (3) from the surface to be treated such that only a dielectrically impeded current flow between the at least one electrode (3) and the surface to be treated is possible when a plasma field is produced by the bias on the electrode (3) in a gas space between the electrode arrangement and the surface to be treated, simplified handling and increased safety are achieved in that the support piece has a high-voltage stage (14) for generating a high voltage, the output of said high-voltage stage being connected to the at least one electrode (3) by a connecting piece (17,

Abstract: In a treatment arrangement for treating a surface, with a planar electrode array (2, 2?), to which an electrical voltage can be fed, and with a planar shielding layer (1) which is made of an insulating plastic and which at least partially surrounds the electrode array (2, 2?), a reliable and fixed connection between electrode array (2, 2?) and shielding layer (1) is achieved by the fact that the electrode array (2, 2?) is made of a pourable plastic provided with conductive additives and that, in the region of a boundary layer (22) between electrode array (2, 2?) and shielding layer (1), the plastics of the electrode array (2, 2?) and of the shielding layer (1) are connected to each other by material bonding.

Abstract: A plasma-treatment instrument for treating a surface with a dielectric-barrier plasma field generated between an electrode and the surface has a high a.c. voltage supplied to the electrode by a controller. The electrode forms with a dielectric surrounding the electrode a cylindrical roller that is rotatably supported in a grip housing. The plasma-treatment instrument has a shell surface and is capable of being rolled along the surface. The plasma-treatment allows an efficient and safe treatment of the surface by virtue of the fact that the electrode includes at least two partial electrodes arranged alongside one another at equal intervals from the shell surface and which are insulated from one another by the dielectric. The at least two partial electrodes are connected to different terminals of a source of high a.c. voltage.

Abstract: An electrode arrangement for forming a dielectric barrier plasma discharge between a flat surface (4) of the electrode arrangement and a surface to be treated which functions as a counter surface and on which a fluid can collect, comprising a flat electrode (14) which can be connected to a high-voltage source by means of a connector and which is completely embedded in a flat dielectric (2), except for the connector for the high-voltage source, wherein the dielectric (2) forms an upper surface (1) and a lower surface (4) which appears as a flat surface to the surface to be treated, enables the drainage or supply of a fluid by means of a simple design.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for forming a dielectric barrier plasma discharge between an electrode (1) supplied with an AC high voltage by a control device (20) and a treatment surface (21) of an electrically conductive body (22), said arrangement functioning as a ground electrode, wherein a dielectric material (8) completely covets the electrode (1) up to the treatment surface (21) and forms a contact side for the surface (21). The electrode arrangement permits effective and homogeneous formation of the plasma (23), in particular for large treatment surfaces (21), because the electrode (1) consists of at least two electrode portions (2, 3) arranged next to one another at the same distance (6) from the contact side and insulated from one another by the dielectric material (8), and because adjacent electrode portions are supplied by the control device with compensating partial AC voltages which are mirror-inverted in terms of the waveform and the voltage level.

Abstract: A plasma-treatment instrument for treating a surface with a dielectric-barrier plasma field generated between an electrode and the surface has a high a.c. voltage supplied to the electrode by a controller. The electrode forms with a dielectric surrounding the electrode a cylindrical roller that is rotatably supported in a grip housing. The plasma-treatment instrument has a shell surface and is capable of being rolled along the surface. The plasma-treatment allows an efficient and safe treatment of the surface by virtue of the fact that the electrode includes at least two partial electrodes arranged alongside one another at equal intervals from the shell surface and which are insulated from one another by the dielectric. The at least two partial electrodes are connected to different terminals of a source of high a.c. voltage.

Abstract: A device for treating a surface with a dielectric harrier plasma, wherein the surface functions as a counterelectrode, having an electrically insulating housing (1) which is formed from a housing body (4) and a housing head (17) and in which a high-voltage feed line (10) and a support for an electrode (18), which is connected to the high-voltage feed line (10) and has a dielectric (19) which shields the electrode (18) front the surface, is located, wherein the electrode (18) is rotatably mounted in the housing head (17) and, by way of a surface section which is covered by the dielectric (19), protrudes out of the housing head (17), allows, with a simple construction, a fundamentally unrestricted movement of the electrode over the surface to be treated in that the electrode has rotary bearing elements (28) which are arranged in a centre axis and with which it is rotatably mounted about the centre axis in the housing head (17) in interaction with rotary hearing elements (29) and is connected to the high-voltage

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode array for a dielectrically impeded plasma treatment of a surface of an electrically conductive body used as a counter electrode, comprising a flexible planar electrode (1) and a dielectric (2) of a planar flexible material, which by way of a layer (3) preventing a direct current flow shields the electrode (1) from the surface to be treated. By way of a structure having projections, the dielectric (2) can rest upon the surface to be treated, wherein air spaces for forming the plasma are formed in between the projections.

Abstract: An electrode arrangement far forming a dielectric barrier plasma discharge between a flat surface (4) of the electrode arrangement and a surface to he treated which functions as a counter surface and on which a fluid can collect, comprising a flat electrode (14) which can be connected to a high-voltage source by means of a connector and which is completely embedded in a flat dielectric (2), except for the connector for the high-voltage source, wherein the dielectric (2) forms an upper surface (1) and a lower surface (4) which appears as a flat surface to the surface to be treated, enables the drainage or supply of a fluid by means of a simple design.

Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment device for a surface to be treated using a dialectically impeded plasma, comprising a housing (1) which has an end wall (14, 14?) and comprising an electrode (18, 33) which is shielded from the surface to be treated by a dielectricum (19, 34) that forms at least one part at the end wall (14, 14?) and which can be connected to a high-voltage generator (17). The end wall (14, 14?) has at least one spacer (29, 29?) by mamas of which at least one gas chamber is formed when the at least one spacer (29, 29?) rests against the surface to be treated, and the dialectically impeded plasma is formed in the gas chamber for the treatment process.

Abstract: A device for treating a surface with a dielectric barrier plasma, wherein the surface functions as a return electrode, having a housing (1), in which a high-voltage feed line, an electrode (8) which is connected to the high-voltage feed line, and a dielectric (9), which screens the electrode (8) with respect to the surface, are located, permits the plasma treatment of highly curved surfaces and of relatively large surface areas by virtue of the fact that the electrode (8) has the shape of a circle which is mounted in the housing (1) so as to be rotatable at least to a limited degree, and projects with a spherical section from an end-side opening (5) in the housing (1), and in that the electrode (8) is coated with the dielectric (9) in such a way that its spherical section projecting out of the housing (1) is covered by the dielectric (9) in every possible rotational position.

Abstract: A device for treating a surface with a dielectric barrier plasma, wherein the surface functions as a return electrode, having a housing (1), in which a high-voltage feed line, an electrode (8) which is connected to the high-voltage feed line, and a dielectric (9), which screens the electrode (8) with respect to the surface, are located, permits the plasma treatment of highly curved surfaces and of relatively large surface areas by virtue of the fact that the electrode (8) has the shape of a circle which is mounted in the housing (1) so as to be rotatable at least to a limited degree, and projects with a spherical section from an end-side opening (5) in the housing (1), and in that the electrode (8) is coated with the dielectric (9) in such a way that its spherical section projecting out of the housing (1) is covered by the dielectric (9) in every possible rotational position.

Abstract: A device for treating a body surface of a living body by means of a dielectric barrier discharge plasma, with a planar, flexible dielectric (4) by which an electrode (1) attached to a high voltage source (3) is screened off from the body surface and which is suitable for placing on the body surface, functioning as counter-electrode, and is designed with a structured surface (7) which provides a gas space for the plasma discharge between dielectric (4) and body surface, which device permits the conduct of plasma treatment and the delivery of curative or healing substances without a change of the position of the device, by virtue of the fact that a layer (11) composed of a solid, open-pore matrix of a curative or healing material is arranged on the surface (7) of the dielectric (4).

Abstract: An electrode arrangement for forming a dielectrically impeded plasma between an active surface of a flexible, planar electrode that can be connected to a high voltage source has a planar, flexible dielectric that forms the active surface which is connected to the planar electrode to form an electrode element where the electrode is completely covered towards to surface to be treated. The electrode arrangement is adaptable to irregular surfaces using a contact with surface elasticity for pressing onto the rear face of the electrode element facing away from the surface such that the electrode element by local deformation is automatically adapted to the irregularities.