This document summarizes a student's work developing and characterizing a plasma needle for biomedical applications. The student generated a helium plasma using RF excitation and measured current, voltage, power consumption and temperature. Optical emission spectroscopy showed characteristic helium spectra. Surface treatments reduced contact angles on materials. Thin films were deposited from a cyclohexane-containing plasma, with deposition rates up to 1000nm/min. The plasma needle shows potential for applications like wound healing and cancer treatment.