Day 2 of EWMA

It's day 2 at EWMA 2023 and we're having a great time meeting with new and existing customers. If you want to learn about the most effective Cold Plasma medical device for woundccare with the most clinical trials, strongest efficacy and no side effects, please visit our booth at no. 116 to see a live demonstration of the SteriPlas in action.

 


Today at The DGTHT Hermedizin 2023

It was a pleasure to see Dr Rotering’s presentation today at the DGTHT Hermedizin 2023 conference. His presentation on the SteriPlas for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections shows just how effective our Cold Plasma medical device is for the treatment of these chronic and deep wounds infected with biofilm.

 

Not only has the SteriPlas has shown to significantly decrease hospital bed occupancy, but it has shown to reduce mortality rates and prevent the need for expensive treatments by allowing sternal wall stability. The SteriPlas can successfully kill all forms of bacteria, regardless of their resistance profile or if they are protected within biofilm.

 


SteriPlas heals wounds quickly

Did you catch the leading Serbian media newspaper, Večernje Novosti, last week? Our SteriPlas was featured in the article, “Cold plasma heals wounds quickly” composed by Dr Zorić.

Dr Zoric has been using our cold plasma medical device to treat hard-to-heal and stalled wounds infected with biofilm. These problematic wounds have responded very well with our SteriPlas treatment and patients have been healed that were otherwise stalled by conventional therapies.

 

If you are within Serbia and interested to learn more about our medical device, contact our medical distributor Borf Health Care on info@borf.biz for more information.

 


Dr H. Rotering presenting SteriPlas DSWI efficacy at Herzmidizin 2023 conference

 

Dr Heinrich Rotering will be presenting at the Herzmedizin 2023 conference on 14th February 2023. His presentation, “Tissue saving – Plasma based treatment concept for sternal infection including one year follow-up” will show the benefits of our SteriPlas cold plasma medical device for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections.

 

The benefit our cold plasma device has for these chronic wound infections is the ability to give a deep penetration treatment allowing plasma coverage over the wide infected area. As our medical device is the only microwave-powered, argon cold plasma device with a wide 12cm2 treatment size and is contact-free, the overall sessions are quickly completed. The mean wound healing for deep sternal wound infections is 16 days with the SteriPlas.

 

Contact us at info@adtecplasma.com to learn more about the SteriPlas.


New Wound Management of Driveline Infections with Cold Atmospheric Plasma

 

We’re ecstatic to see Dr Jamila Kremer’s publication, “New Wound Management of Driveline Infections with Cold Atmospheric Plasma” is now live for public viewing. The paper can be viewed here: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9110405.

 

The use of our Adtec cold plasma medical device has greatly benefitted her LVAD infection patients treated at the University Heidelberg Hospital since 2019. The results stipulate a stronger infection management advantage over conventional therapy alone for LVAD infections. This is coupled with the benefit of our cold plasma being safe, painless, contact-free and free from side effects.

Driveline infections are the most prevalent infections and reported in up to 60% of LVAD patient cases. Infection of the LVAD system is the fourth most common cause of death within one year after implantation. Dr Kremer’s publication documents Adtec cold plasma treated patients showed a 100% survival rate.

 

For more information about the benefits of our Cold Plasma medical device, contact us at info@adtecplasma.com


Characterisation of a Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Torch for Medical Applications

 

We congratulate Dr Adam Bennett on his most recent publication, “Characterisation of a Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Torch for Medical Applications: Demonstration of Device Safety”.

 

The safety and effectiveness of plasma devices are of crucial importance, especially for applications where the plasma is discharged near humans. This study presents the novel design and characterisation of a Cold Atmospheric Plasma torch (SteriPlas), which is used in medical applications. The study shows the characterisation methodology that must be undertaken to show that a plasma device is safe, especially when used in an application on human skin. The emission spectrum discharged from the plasma torch is shown. The UV emitted is measured and the effective irradiance is calculated. The effective irradiance enables the determination of the maximum UV exposure limits, which in this application are shown to be over two hours; however, in some applications may be only seconds. NOx and ozone emissions are also recorded. The NOx levels in this application are shown to be orders of magnitude lower than their safety limits and the ozone emissions are also shown to be safe; however, in some plasma technologies the NOx and ozone levels are orders of magnitude higher than the safe levels.

 

This paper concludes with a discussion of how safety limits vary in different regions around the world and proposes an international standard. It documents the safety of our medical device which further reiterates one of our main strengths where no side effects have been reported.

 

Access to the full paper can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/24/11864


Deep Sternal Wound Infections (DWSI) and the Adtec SteriPlas

Unlike other cold plasma medical devices currently present on the market, the Adtec SteriPlas is not limited to the treatment of superficial wounds only.

 

For example, deep sternal wound infections (DSWIs) are a potentially devastating complication of median sternotomy performed in cardiac surgery. These large wound cavities are prone to infections and there is a concerningly high morbidity and mortality rate associated to these patients. The use of conventional therapies alone has shown to not always be successful and expensive muscle flap surgery is usually required.

 

The large 12cm2 treatment area of the Adtec SteriPlas covers a greater surface area of the wound compared to its competitors. This allows the benefit of a quick 2 minute treatment time for every 12cm2 covered. Because of its propulsion towards the treatment site, the cold plasma components work quickly to defeat bacteria and allow the management of the infection. The use of the Adtec SteriPlas has shown to accelerate healing rates and prevent the need for expensive surgery options that would otherwise have been needed.

 

It has been praised as a lifesaving medical device and is now widely used across multiple hospitals for the management of DWSIs.

 


LVAD - Heidelberg publication 2021

 

Congratulations to Dr Kremer and the Cardiology Team at The University Hospital Heidelberg for their new publication, “Follow-Up after Cold Atmospheric Argon Plasma for Wound Management of Driveline Infections - A Promising Strategy”. This publication features the use of our Adtec SteriPlas medical device for the treatment of driveline infections (DLI). The results demonstrate how the safety, reliability and painless treatment from the Adtec SteriPlas can significantly reduce the wound and infection around the DLI, with the opportunity for sustainable freedom from DLI.


Deutscher Wundkongress, Bremen 2019

Adtec Healthcare is excited to participate at the DEWU Deutscher Wundkongress in collaboration with other plasma medicine companies next week in Bremen.

https://www.bremer-pflegekongress.de/Teilnehmer_allgemeine_Informationen_w

The plasma medicine companies will introduce the different plasma technologies, product and clinical safety and introduce some of the clinical evidence gathered so far.

This is an exciting opportunity to learn more about gas plasma and we encourage you to attend the session to see the benefits of gas plasma in clinic practice.