In the case of a flat flexible support piece comprising an electrode arrangement, to which a high voltage can be supplied, for a dielectrically impeded plasma treatment of a surface to be treated, wherein the electrode arrangement has at least one flat electrode (3) and a dielectric layer (2) which has a support face for the surface to be treated and which is composed of flat flexible material and which electrically shields the at least one electrode (3) from the surface to be treated such that only a dielectrically impeded current flow between the at least one electrode (3) and the surface to be treated is possible when a plasma field is produced by the bias on the electrode (3) in a gas space between the electrode arrangement and the surface to be treated, simplified handling and increased safety are achieved in that the support piece has a high-voltage stage (14) for generating a high voltage, the output of said high-voltage stage being connected to the at least one electrode (3) by a connecting piece (17, 17′) on the support piece.

The invention relates to a plasma treatment device for carrying out a dielectric barrier plasma discharge, comprising an electrode unit (1), which has a treatment side (5), and comprising a supply unit (10), to which the electrode unit (1) can be mechanically connected and by means of which the electrode unit can be brought into electrical contact in order to be supplied with a supply voltage necessary for the plasma generation, wherein the electrode unit (1) has an electrode arrangement, which is shielded by means of a planar dielectric (2) at least toward the treatment side (5), enables the use of different electrode units (1) with the same supply unit (10) in that the electrode unit (1) has a coding and the supply unit (10) has an identifying device for the coding and the identifying device is connected to a control device, which controls the supply voltage for the plasma generation in accordance with the identified coding.

An apparatus for monitoring neural response and/or providing treatment includes an electrical stimulator configured to apply electrical stimulation, and one or more processors configured to analyze stimulation response. The one or more processors can be further configured to operate the electrical stimulator, adjust the electrical stimulation, and determine one or more wound characteristics based at least in part on at least one of the electrical stimulation or the stimulation response, e.g. a movement of a patient, a color absorption characteristic, or other physiological responses. An indication of the one or more wound characteristics can be provided.

The present invention relates to a stimulation apparatus for applying electrical stimulation to a subject for stimulation application. Specifically, a stimulation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a stimulation part comprising a first conductive member and a first surface which comes into contact with a subject for stimulation application and to which an alternating electric field transmitted from the subject for stimulation application upon contact is input; a conductive part comprising a second conductive member and positioned away from the stimulation part; and a connecting member for electrically connecting the stimulation part and conductive part.

The invention concerns a method of forming a medical device, the method comprising: forming a graphene film (100) over a substrate (204); depositing, by gas phase deposition, a polymer material covering a surface of the graphene film (100); and removing the substrate (204) from the graphene film (100), wherein the polymer material forms a support (102) for the graphene film (100).

The invention concerns a method of forming a medical device, the method comprising: forming a graphene film (100) over a substrate (204); depositing, by gas phase deposition, a polymer material covering a surface of the graphene film (100); and removing the substrate (204) from the graphene film (100), wherein the polymer material forms a support (102) for the graphene film (100).

An apparatus (1) far the therapeutic treatment of a user's tissue injury comprising a control unit (2), to which aft applicator (3) is connected adapted to be positioned in proximity of the tissue injury to be treated is described, said control unit (2) being configured to generate at the applicator (3) an electric field adapted to be applied on the tissue injury. The control unit (2) is also configured, to generate an air or oxygen flow which is directed to the applicator (3), and to transform at the applicator (3) the air or oxygen flow into an ozone flow adapted to be diffused and applied on the tissue injury in combination with said electric field.

A resorbable bioelectric device includes multiple first reservoirs and multiple second reservoirs joined with a planar substrate. Selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs include a reducing agent, and first reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs are proximate to a first substrate surface. Selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs include an oxidizing agent, and second reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs are proximate to the first substrate surface.

A wearable thermometer patch for monitoring healing of a wound on a user's skin includes a circuit substrate comprising an electric circuit and a plurality of temperature probe units distributed in a two-dimensional array. Each of the plurality of temperature probe units can include a temperature sensor in electric connection with the electric circuit in the circuit substrate. The plurality of temperature probe units can measure temperature values on a user's skin at different positions defined by the two-dimensional array.

Example inventions are directed to the treatment of a wound. Examples affix a patch externally on a dermis of a user so that the patch extends over the wound of the user, the patch comprising a flexible substrate, a processor directly coupled to the substrate, and electrodes directly coupled to the substrate. Examples then activate the patch to initiate a treatment session, the activating comprising generating electrical stimuli via the electrodes that is directed at the wound.