INP Greifswald e.V.

Plasmamedicine for diabetic wound management from science to prototype

Greifswald has become a leading international center for plasma medicine in recent years. One of the major reasons for this development is the safety and tolerability of plasma applications. The INP conducts application-oriented basic research and aims to improve established plasma-assisted procedures and products. INP also adapts plasmas to customer-specific needs and offers feasibility studies, consulting and other services. The therapeutic use of cold plasma sources is developing into a separate international medical field. The use of physical plasmas may become established in only a few years as a tool for fighting dangerous hospital-based infection sources as well as for introducing patient-friendly treatment methods.

The therapeutic use of plasmas directly on or in the human body is a totally new field that is rapidly raising interest all over the world under the name plasma medicine. A major potential application area for plasma medicine involves the healing of wounds such as foot wounds, which are common in diabetics, because badly healing chronic wounds can make the affected patients‘ lives miserable.