Homogeneous discharge between living tissue and insulated electrode

Summary form only given. Atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharges (DBD) have been used in many different applications during the last decade. Atmospheric pressure and room temperature operating conditions are essential for processing of biologies and especially of living tissue of humans or animals. Under these conditions, however, DBDs form micro-channels that could heat up significantly over the room temperature. Eliminating these micro-channels and formation of a uniform glow discharge is important for non-destructive treatment of living tissue. Uniform atmospheric pressure and room temperature pulsed floating electrode dielectric barrier discharge (FE-DBD) is generated in our laboratory and will be presented. Thus generated electric plasma offers significant improvement over conventional discharges in medical applications. Characterization of this uniform discharge will be presented