Table 2.
Various medical applications of plasma medicine
| Medical applications | Description |
|---|---|
| Therapeutic purposes | Direct application of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) for various medical treatments [20, 21] |
| Disinfection | Utilizes ionized gas (physical plasma) for disinfection, effectively inactivating various microorganisms, including viruses, resistant microbes, fungal cells, bacteria, spores, and biofilms created by microbes [13, 22, 23] |
| Healing | Understudy for its potential in healing, plasma medicine stimulates cell proliferation and angiogenesis with lower plasma treatment intensity, contributing to wound healing [17, 21, 24] |
| Cancer treatment | Exploration of plasma medicine for cancer treatment can inactivate cells and initiate cell death with higher plasma intensity [25–28] |
| Blood coagulation | Utilization of plasma for blood coagulation [28, 29] |
| Dental applications | Application of ionized gas in plasma medicine for various dental purposes [20, 30] |
| Sterilization of implants and surgical instruments | Plasma-generated active species are harnessed for sterilizing implants and surgical instruments [31, 32] |
| Modifying biomaterial surface properties | Plasma medicine can modify biomaterial surface properties [33, 34] |
| Treatment of skin diseases and wounds | Ongoing research on the potential of plasma medicine for treating skin diseases and wounds [17, 21, 24, 35] |
| Multidisciplinary research | Intersection of scientific domains for diverse research in plasma medicine, combining plasma physics, life sciences, and clinical medicine [1–3, 17] |