Global Cold Plasma in Healthcare Market Size

Healthcare Cold Plasma Market Analysis

The cold plasma in the healthcare market is expected to grow with a CAGR of 15.3% during the forecast period.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the cold plasma market due to disruptions to various treatments and supply chains. The disruption in the supply chain during COVID-19 and the delay in the delivery of essential products required for the manufacturing of cold plasma had an adverse effect on the market. Some major issues faced by the market during a pandemic include trucking bottlenecks and port checkpoints slowing down their deliveries, including critical supplies; export bans imposed in many countries, only a few manufacturing units were functional, lack of healthcare workers to transport and produce products; lack of proper coordination and alignment among federal, local, and state agencies as well as among healthcare organizations, which lead to a fragmented approach towards ordering and fulfillment. However, with restored services, treatment procedures, increased hospital visits, and decreasing restrictions on COVID-19, the demand for cold plasma in the treatment of various diseases and infections is likely to increase, which is expected to boost market growth over the forecast period.

Factors driving the growth of the market are environmental friendliness and other benefits of cold plasma techniques and the increasing use of cold plasma in wound healing. In addition, the use of cold plasma in dentistry is increasing due to the advantages of cold plasma over other methods. For example, according to an article published by Materials Today Bio in January 2022 entitled "Aurora Borealis in Dentistry: Cold Plasma Applications in Biomedicine", cold plasma was observed to decontaminate dental caries without the need for drilling, as compared to mechanical methods that are used to clean an infected tooth, and its active plasma particles can penetrate deep into the cavity.

Cold plasma is effectively combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer and promotes wound sterilization, blood coagulation, and cell proliferation in wound healing. Its use enables effective medical treatment of cancer and various skin injuries and diseases. For example, according to an article published in the journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity in December 2021 titled "Cold Physical Plasma in Cancer Therapy: Mechanism, Signalling, and Immunity", treatment of tumor tissue in the head and neck with cold argon plasma led to higher levels of extracellular cytochrome c and triggered more apoptotic cells than in healthy tissue. Cold argon plasma can also selectively kill cancer cells more effectively than non-neoplastic cells. Thus, cold argon plasma is effective in killing cancer cells without any side effects, which is expected to increase the demand for cold plasma treatment, thereby fueling market growth.

However, the lack of awareness about cold plasma technology in the healthcare industry and stringent regulatory policies are likely to restrain the growth of the market.