Argon gas plasma which includes argon ions, radicals , excited species, electric fields , heat , UV radicals and neutral molecules are propelled out of the plasma chamber with the gas flow by repeated collisions and delivered to the treatment area. As cold plasma is created in the chamber of our the Adtec SteriPlas and are released towards the patient body, the cold plasma also reacts with air during travel to the treatment site and as a result reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are created as by-products. These are all important bactericidal components.

The Adtec SteriPlas delivers a unique physical mode of action during patient treatment. The components of plasma work collectively to destroy the cellular structure of bacteria and microbial DNA. The argon reactive species , heat , UV and ions which have higher energy than argon molecules bombard the bacteria cell wall creating micropores rupturing the cell wall. The cell wall is ruptured by a physical bombardment of the constituent agents, electrical and local heating effects creating micropores. This effectively destroys the bacteria present, even if they are protected within biofilm.

Because of the physical bombardment on the bacteria, a primary or secondary resistance to our cold plasma is unlikely to be developed which we have documented in our wide collection of clinical evidence.