Use of cold atmospheric pressure plasma to treat warts

Abstract

A method for treating a wart on skin of a patient includes guiding non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasma over areas of the tissue having the wart for a length of time effective to give rise to an at least partial amelioration of the wart.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A method for treating a wart on skin of a patient, the method comprising:
 applying non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasma over an area of tissue having the wart under conditions sufficient to give rise to an at least partial reduction in size of the wart.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditions sufficient to give rise to an at least partial reduction in size of the wart is to apply the non-thermal plasma to the tissue having the wart for at least one period of time lasting between about 10 seconds and about 10 minutes. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the non-thermal plasma is applied between 1 and 5 times. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the non-thermal plasma is delivered with a power in a range of from about 10 kV to about 50 kV. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the power is about 20 kV. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the non-thermal plasma is delivered with a frequency in a range of from about 50 Hz to about 3500 Hz. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the frequency is about 400 Hz. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the non-thermal plasma is delivered with a pulse having a duration in a range of from about 100 ps to about 500 ns. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the pulse duration is about 20 ns.