MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641049296 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 17, for 'handheld cold plasma generation apparatus for producing stable non-thermal plasma jet.'

Inventor(s) include Ojas Dhar; B Arnav Narasimhan; Souvik Manna; Jegadeeshwaran R; Sakthivel G; S. Abirami; and J Lakshmipathi.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A handheld cold plasma generation apparatus (200) for producing a stable non-thermal plasma jet (208) under atmospheric-pressure operating conditions is disclosed. The handheld cold plasma generation apparatus (200) includes a power module (204), an inert gas supply system (202), a dielectric tube (102), an electrode-gas housing (100), and a secondary electrode (108). The electrode-gas housing (100) includes internal gas channels (104) and an embedded primary electrode (106). The inert gas supply system (202) delivers inert gas into the dielectric tube (102) via the one or more internal gas channels (104), while the power module (204) delivers a high-voltage, high-frequency electrical output to the embedded primary electrode (106). The secondary electrode (108) is disposed around an outer surface of the dielectric tube (102). Interaction of the inert gas with the high-voltage, high-frequency electrical output within the dielectric tube (102) generates the stable non-thermal plasma jet (208) without arc discharge."

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