System and method for formulating medical treatment effluents
A system and method for formulating a medical treatment effluent by performing plasma reactions creating a plasma area in a gas adjacent to a liquid. An embodiment of the plasma reactor includes a housing with an internal reaction chamber, first and second inlet paths to the reaction chamber, and electrodes for producing an electric field. The system may optionally further include a pre-ionization electrode and pre-ionization electric field for pre-ionizing a feed gas prior to entry into a reaction chamber. The reactor uses plasma to ionize gas adjacent with the liquid. The ionized gas reacts with the liquid to form an effluent. Exemplary medical treatments include: immunization (immuno) therapy; wound treatment; cancer treatment; and disinfectant applications.
1. A method of injecting ionic particles from a gas into a liquid with a reactor including first and second electrodes connected to a power source and configured for forming an electric field therebetween, the method comprising:
inserting said liquid into a reaction chamber of the reactor;
inserting a high-pressure flow of said gas into said reaction chamber at a positive pressure relative to a pressure of said liquid in said reaction chamber, wherein the positive pressure enables the high-pressure flow of said gas to enter adjacent to said liquid;
applying a series of voltage pulses between said first and second electrodes and thereby producing said electric field, wherein at least a portion of said electric field is positioned within said reaction chamber; and
adjusting a magnitude of said voltage pulses and thereby controlling a ratio of man-atomic ions to molecular ions, said electric field contacting said gas and said liquid within said reaction chamber; and said ionic particles from said gas being transferred into said liquid to form a medical treatment effluent comprising said liquid infused with dissolved gas.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said medical treatment effluent is usable for vaccinating patients.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said medical treatment effluent is configured for wound treatment consisting of one or more of: tissue closure; reepithelialization; and skin grafting.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said medical treatment effluent is configured for cancer treatment by injecting into patients' blood streams for blocking cancer cell growth at tumor sites.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said medical treatment effluent is usable for disinfecting applications.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein:
said gas comprises oxygen; and
said liquid comprises water.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
said ionic particles from said gas being transferred into said liquid comprise ions from said oxygen being transferred into said water.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reactor further includes a pre-ionization electrode connected to said power source while dielectrically isolated from said first electrode and positioned outside the reaction chamber, the method further comprising:
applying a voltage between said pre-ionization electrode and said second electrode producing a pre-ionization electric field within said reactor and outside said reaction chamber; and
flowing said high-pressure flow of said gas through said pre-ionization electric field prior to entry into said reaction chamber, partially ionizing said gas prior to said entry into said reaction chamber.