An apparatus for plasma treatment of an implant prior to installing the implant in a live subject is provided. The apparatus comprises an activation device and a portable container detachable from the activation device. The portable container comprises a closed compartment containing the implant immersed in a fluid, and the activation device comprises a slot configured to receive the portable container. The activation device further comprises an electrical circuit configured to be electrically associated with at least one electrode and configured to provide to the at least one electrode electric power suitable for applying a plasma generating electric field in the closed compartment, when the portable container is disposed in the slot. A container suitable for providing plasma treatment to a silicone implant and a method for preparing an implant for implantation surgery are also provided.

The plasma application therapeutic apparatus of the present invention includes: a plasma generating unit, a nozzle for discharging at least one of plasma generated by the plasma generating unit and a reactive gas generated by the plasma, a supply source for supplying a plasma generating gas to the plasma generating unit, an operation unit which is configured to be activated by a user to allow the supply source to supply a predetermined amount of the plasma generating gas to the plasma generating unit, and a reporting unit which is configured to report a remaining gas information in terms of remaining number of times allowed for the supply source to supply the plasma generating gas to the plasma generating unit, based on the plasma generating gas remaining in the supply source.

A gas passing groove, a high-voltage electrode groove, and a ground electrode groove provided to an electrode unit base are each helical in plan view. An electrode unit lid is placed on a front surface of the electrode unit base so that a high-voltage conduction hole and a high-voltage conduction point coincide with each other in plan view. An electrode cooling plate is placed on a front surface of the electrode unit lid so that a high-voltage opening includes the high-voltage conduction hole as a whole in plan view. The electrode unit lid and the electrode cooling plate are placed on the front surface of the electrode unit base so that a ground conduction groove, a ground conduction hole, and a ground conduction point coincide with one another in plan view.

A method and apparatus for forming torsional magnetic reconnection, and converting stored magnetic energy into charged particle kinetic energy and particle acceleration, is claimed. A torsional magnetic reconnection apparatus generally comprises (1) a vacuum environment housing (2) a plurality of conducting coils to form a magnetic field fan-spine topology and (3) a plasma generation device providing an azimuthal magnetic field perturbation such that current sheets are formed and magnetic reconnection processes can occur. Electric current energization of the plurality of conducting coils generates a potential magnetic fan-spine topology. A simultaneous capacitor bank discharge forms and axially drives a plasma sheath, featuring an azimuthal magnetic field, toward the fan-spine magnetic null that forces the diffusion of magnetic flux through the plasma. This magnetic to plasma kinetic energy conversion process accelerates charged particles far away from the reconnection region along open magnetic field lines.

A system for generating cold plasma is presented, suitable for use in in-vivo treatment of biological tissue. The system comprising: a control unit connectable to an elongated member at a first proximal end of the elongated member. The elongated member comprises a plasma generating unit at a second distal end thereof and gas and electricity transmission channels extending from said first proximal end towards said plasma generating unit. The control unit comprises a gas supply unit configured to provide predetermined flow rate of selected gas composition through said gas transmission channel and a power supply unit configured to generate selected sequence of high-frequency electrical pulses, typically in mega Hertz range, directed through said electricity transmission channel, thereby providing power and gas of said selected composition to the plasma generating unit for generating cold plasma.

A gas jetting apparatus capable of uniformly jetting, even onto a treatment-target object having a high-aspect-ratio groove, a gas into the groove. The gas jetting apparatus includes a gas jetting cell unit for jetting a gas toward a treatment-target object. The gas jetting cell unit includes a first cone-shaped member and a second cone-shaped member. A gap is formed between a side surface of a first cone shape and a side surface of the second cone-shaped member. Apex sides of the cone-shaped members face the treatment-target object.

A method and apparatus disclosed herein apply to processing a substrate, and more specifically to a method and apparatus for improving photolithography processes. The apparatus includes a chamber body, a substrate support disposed within the chamber body, and an electrode assembly. The substrate support has a top plate disposed above the substrate support, a bottom plate disposed below the substrate support, and a plurality of electrodes connecting the top plate to the bottom plate. A voltage is applied to the plurality of electrodes to generate an electric field. Methods for exposing a photoresist layer on a substrate to an electric field are also disclosed herein.

An apparatus for plasma treatment of an implant prior to installing the implant in a live subject is provided. The apparatus comprises an activation device and a portable container detachable from the activation device. The portable container comprises a closed compartment containing the implant immersed in a fluid, and the activation device comprises a slot configured to receive the portable container. The activation device further comprises an electrical circuit configured to be electrically associated with at least one electrode and configured to provide to the at least one electrode electric power suitable for applying a plasma generating electric field in the closed compartment, when the portable container is disposed in the slot. A container suitable for providing plasma treatment to a silicone implant and a method for preparing an implant for implantation surgery are also provided.

Described herein are apparatus and methods of printing in the presence of plasma. The apparatus includes a modular print head comprising an inlet module, a plasma module with movable electrode configurations, and a nozzle module. The modular design of the print head allows for printing on and treatment of surfaces in many different applications.

A pathogen and pest exterminating device that can efficiently exterminate pathogens and pests in a shorter time. One electrode includes a part to be inserted into a reaction vessel, and other electrode is arranged in a position that opposes the insertion part. A water supply unit is provided to supply water to the reaction vessel through the insertion part, and a gas supply unit provided of supplying gas, which will become plasma, to the reaction vessel. A power supply unit is provided to be capable of applying voltage between the insertion part and the other electrode such that OH radicals are generated inside the reaction vessel to which the water and the gas are supplied. The insertion part is formed in a shape that restricts, between itself and the other electrode, a flow rate of water from the water supply unit such as a coil, waveform, or mesh shape.