Abstract: A planar flexible electrode arrangement for a dielectric barrier plasma discharge has a central region (107) and an edge region (108) and at least one planar electrode (102) to which a high-voltage potential can be applied and which is embedded in a planar dielectric (101) that forms an upper face (103) and a contact face (104), wherein the planar dielectric (101), at least in the edge region (108), has the shape of a spiral-shaped wound-up strip (109) and the at least one electrode (102) is formed by at least one electrical conductor (114) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the wound-up strip (109) and that opens into an end face of the strip (109), which conductor (114) is surrounded, with the sole exception of the end face of the strip (109), by the dielectric of the strip (109) and, in the region of the end face of the strip (109), is electrically insulated from the surroundings by a cover element (116).

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: 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 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 a treatment assembly for treating the surface of a body with a dielectrically limited plasma, comprising an electrode assembly (1), in which at least one electrode (1a, 1b) is arranged in a base section of the electrode assembly (1), which is completely shielded from the surface to be treated by a dielectricum (3), and a connection conductor (6a, 6b) of which extends into a contact projection (5) of the dielectricum (3).

Abstract: A plasma treatment device (1), designed for treating a surface with a dielectrically impeded plasma, comprising an electrode arrangement (5) which has at least one electrode (3), and comprising dielectric (7) which completely covers the electrode (3) in relation to the surface to be treated, and comprising a housing (9) which contains a line arrangement (11) which comprises at least one high-voltage supply line (10, 10a, 10b), wherein the electrode (3) is connected to the line arrangement (11) and can be acted on by a high-voltage signal (13a, 13b), which can be applied to the high-voltage supply line (10, 10a, 10b), via the high-voltage supply line (10, 10a, 10b), allows, in a simple manner, the combination of an effective plasma treatment with an effective mechanical treatment of the surface to be treated by way of the plasma treatment device (1) having a brush head (15) which has a bristle area (17) and a bristle support (19) with a base surface (21), wherein the bristle area (17) has a large number of fle

Abstract: A liner for application to an amputation stump as a cushion, having a proximal entry opening (2) of a wall (6) having a sleeve section (3) provided for circumferentially enclosing the amputation stump, and a distal closed end section (4), wherein an inside (7) of the wall (6) of the liner (1) is designed for contact on the amputation stump, permits simplified handling of the wound care on the amputation stump of a prosthesis wearer in that an electrode arrangement (10), having at least one electrode (12), for a dielectric barrier plasma discharge is integrated into the liner (1), which arrangement extends starting from the distal end section (4) into the sleeve section (3), is connected at the distal end section (4) to at least one terminal (11) for a high-voltage control signal and is provided with a dielectric cover for contact on the amputation stump, and in that the dielectric cover is provided, at least in the region of the electrode arrangement (10) on the inside (7), with protrusions (8), which define

Abstract: A plasma treatment device (1) designed to treat a surface with a dielectrically impeded plasma, having a base body (3) that has at least one flat treatment side (5) facing the surface to be treated, and having an electrode arrangement (9) that has at least one electrode (7) and having a dielectric that completely covers the at least one electrode (7) in the direction of the surface to be treated, and having a line arrangement comprising at least one high-voltage supply line (13, 13a, 13b), wherein the electrode (7) is connected to the line arrangement and is able to be supplied, via the high-voltage supply line (13, 13a, 13b), with a high-voltage signal able to be applied to the high-voltage supply line (13, 13a, 13b), and having a nub arrangement (15) arranged on the treatment side (5) of the base body (3) and that has a multiplicity of nubs (17), makes it possible to easily combine an effective plasma treatment with an effective mechanical treatment of the surface to be treated in that the at least one elec

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: A planar flexible electrode arrangement for a dielectric barrier plasma discharge has a central region (107) and an edge region (108) and at least one planar electrode (102) to which a high-voltage potential can be applied and which is embedded in a planar dielectric (101) that forms an upper face (103) and a contact face (104), wherein the planar dielectric (101), at least in the edge region (108), has the shape of a spiral-shaped wound-up strip (109) and the at least one electrode (102) is formed by at least one electrical conductor (114) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the wound-up strip (109) and that opens into an end face of the strip (109), which conductor (114) is surrounded, with the sole exception of the end face of the strip (109), by the dielectric of the strip (109) and, in the region of the end face of the strip (109), is electrically insulated from the surroundings by a cover element (116).

Abstract: A plasma treatment device configured for a treatment within the oral cavity of a living organism using a dielectric barrier plasma, comprising a high-voltage stage (5, 6) arranged in a housing and serving for generating high-voltage signals required for generating the plasma, and comprising an electrode arrangement (10), which is connected to the high-voltage stage and is covered by a dielectric (9) for forming a dielectric barrier plasma, enables various treatments in the oral cavity of the living organism in a simple manner by virtue of the fact that the housing has a handle part (1), to which a head part (2) is secured in a releasable and exchangeable manner by means of a mechanical connection arrangement, in that the handle part (1) contains all stages required for generating the high-voltage signals and a contact arrangement, at which the high-voltage signals are present, in that the head part (2) is embodied in a shape specific to a specific treatment and has a corresponding shaped electrode arrangement

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: 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 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 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.