ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,456, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to COLDPLASMATECH GMBH (Greifswald, Germany).
"Plasma applicator" was invented by Martin Polak (Hinrichshagen, Germany), Robert Banaschik (Broderstorf, Germany), Axel Kuhle (Greifswald, Germany), Tobias Gura (Eggesin, Germany) and Carsten Mahrenholz (Lubmin, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma applicator comprising an electrotechnical core for generating a cold atmospheric pressure or low-pressure plasma for the treatment of human and/or animal and/or technical surfaces, wherein the electrotechnical core has a side facing the surface to be treated and a side facing away from the surfac...