Optimization Design of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Generator for Sterilization of Endoscope

Author

Xiaohua Wang ; Sui Wang ; Dingxin Liu ; Dong Li ; Ce Li ; Kong, Michael G.

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Electr. Insulation & Power Equip., Xi´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´an, China

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

2754

Lastpage

2755

Abstract

Endoscopy is an important tool that can be used to identify and treat diseases and is essential to avoid cross infection when used on different people. Cold atmospheric-pressure plasmas (CAPs) offer the prospect of a future basic technology for decontaminating and sterilizing of endoscope. In this paper, we intend to design an endoscope sterilization device based on CAPs. The various lengths of gap between electrodes and electrodes themselves are considered, and the plasma distribution and its evolution are investigated.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; decontamination; diseases; endoscopes; optimisation; plasma production; sterilisation (microbiological); atmospheric pressure plasma generator; cold atmospheric pressure plasmas; decontamination; disease identification; disease treatment; electrodes; endoscope sterilization; endoscopy; infection; optimization design; plasma distribution; Discharges (electric); Diseases; Electrodes; Electron tubes; Endoscopes; Plasma temperature; Cold plasma; multielectrode; sterilization; sterilization.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2311904

Filename

6860301