Worldwide chronic wounds affect 140 million people. In the Netherlands the number of people suffering from chronic wounds is 500.000.
Chronic wounds have a high impact on quality of life and on survival rate. For example, the 5-year survival rate in diabetic foot ulcers is even lower compared to prostate cancer and breast cancer. Also chronic wounds result in amputations in 15% of the diabetic foot ulcers and 5% of the venous leg ulcers.
On average, non-healing wound costs €13.500 per year.
Plasma is ionized gas, the the so-called 4th stage of matter (1. solid, 2. liquid, 3. gas, 4. plasma). A plasma is created by adding energy to a gas. Plasma is a mix of electrons and ions, reactive species, UV radiation, visible light, electromagnetic fields and heat. Plasma exists in nature, for example the sun, which is so hot that it consists of a hot plasma. With an artificially produced plasma it is possible to keep the temperature low, not much higher than body temperature. We call this a cold plasma, which can be applied in or on the human body.
Cold plasma kills bacteria, even antibiotic resistant ones, and it inactivates bacteria in biofilm. Additionally, it can improve local blood supply (microcirculation) and stimulate cells to grow (cell proliferation) and move (cell migration).
Read more on this topic in the whitepaper ‘Stimulation of wound healing using cold plasma’.
All types of chronic wounds can be treated with cold plasma. For example: diabetic foot wounds, venous leg wounds, bedsores, hard-to-heal burn wounds and infected postoperative wounds.
Various studies are in progress regarding cold plasma as a treatment for cancer. Cold plasma is also used in dentistry for disinfection and in dermatology.
Read more about effects of cold plasma, summarized in the whitepaper ‘Stimulation of wound healing using cold plasma’.
Or go to scientific literature.
20 Chronic wounds were treated with PLASOMA. 60% of these wounds closed within an average of 7 weeks. The wounds treated were, on average, 65 weeks old. There was even a wound that healed after having been open for over 4 years. The average number of PLASOMA cold plasma treatments per week was 1.5. Wound types treated with PLASOMA: diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, pressure ulcer, surgical wounds, traumatic ulcer, non-healing fissures.
For more information download the case studies report September 2021.
During the study 20 patients with diabetic foot ulcers were treated with cold plasma. The wounds of these patients had existed on average for 3 years. The median wound surface decrease in two weeks was 55%. The number of Staphylococcus aureus colonies decreased significantly directly after plasma treatment compared with prior to application.
The frequency and the number of treatments depends on the type of chronic wound and the size. Typically, the treatment will be done 2 to 3 times per week for several weeks. PLASOMA cold plasma treatment itself is only 2 minutes.
PLASOMA is CE-certified and available for the market. For product information or to request a product demonstration please contact our sales department via info@plasmacure.nl
PLASOMA cold plasma application is available at selected wound care centres in the Netherlands and in Belgium. Send an e-mail to info@plasmacure.nl to receive more information. For other actual information please subscribe to our newsletter.
