Every 30 seconds someone, somewhere in the world, loses a foot through amputation. More than 80% of these amputations are caused by diabetic foot ulcers. Cold plasma can stimulate wound healing. Plasmacure has developed a safe way to apply cold plasma directly into a wound.
Plasmacure from Eindhoven in The Netherlands has developed and patented a novel method for the treatment of foot ulcer, to prevent surgery or even amputation.
Millions of people suffer from diabetes and many of them develop a so-called diabetic foot. Early treatment and wound healing is possible by applying a cold plasma using the developed PLASOMA device with accompanying pads.
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This cold plasma pad is an electronic patch that helps to heal wounds better and faster. The pad with embedded electrode and electronics is connected via a special cable to a high voltage pulser that supplies the patch with electrical current and generates a plasma of low temperature.
The treatment effectively kills bacteria in wounds, stimulates cell growth and local blood circulation to promote the healing process. The treatment is painless, only takes 1 minute a day and is repeated 20 to 30 times, depending on the status of inflamation of the wound.
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From the early beginning of the project, TSG Essempio has been involved in the development of this medical device and single-use cold plasma patch. The services we have used are conceptualization, prototype development and realisation, risk analyses, the mechanical design taking into account the user-friendliness, materials advice and assistance in setting up the supply chain.
TSG Essempio also took care of the industrial design, made product visualizations and interactive animations.