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A new photoplasmodynamic method and Elektroton-Pulsar hardware system for its implementation are described. The method provides treatment of suppurative wounds by exposure of the infection focus to a gas mixture containing highly active components: O*, O2*, 1O2, O(, O3 traces + UV, etc. The exposure is performed using high-voltage electric discharges interacting with the initial ozone-containing gas mixture. The photoplasmodynamic method and the Elektroton-Pulsar hardware system are used in clinical practice for treatment of suppurative wounds and cavities of various etiology.

The paper deals with the mode of local drug administration into the biological tissue at the prelympathic level without damaging the skin, which is based on enhancement of skin permeability by exposing to physical factors, including the use of contrast temperatures in the cyclic process of heating-cooling, followed by exposure to contact low-frequency ultrasound. Experimental and clinical studies of the mode versus routine drug administration have shown it to be promising in physiotherapeutic use.

The paper describes a system able to combine conventional techniques of diagnostic x-ray imaging with direct digital imaging on the original receiver with a resolution of 1.2 lin/mm. Digital roentgenography may be introduced into medical practice basing on the system of computers at the working places of roentgenologist and his assistant. Data base of long-term storage of x-ray images and input software for each x-ray picture are outlined. The authors have some experience of utilizing the system in the random sequence of patients (20,000) in general and specialized hospitals of Novosibirsk.