US Patent Issued to George Washington University on Aug. 12 for "Method and system of sensitizing cancer cells to chemical treatment by plasma based activation" (Virginia, Maryland, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,753, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to George Washington University (Washington).

"Method and system of sensitizing cancer cells to chemical treatment by plasma based activation" was invented by Dayun Yan (Ashburn, Va.), Michael Keidar (Baltimore) and Eda Gjika (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system of adaptive cold atmospheric based treatment for diseased tissues, such as an area with cancerous cells, is disclosed. A gas such as helium is ionized via supplying power between and anode and a cathode to create an initial cold atmospheric plasma jet. The initial plasma jet is directed toward the area for a suffi...