Back to results
US 10,369,200 B2Granted
Platelet activation and growth factor release using electric pulses
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsVasile Bogdan Neculaes, Andrew Soliz Torres, Antonio Caiafa, Brian Dun-Lan Lee, Allen Lawrence Garner
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Methods and systems for releasing growth factors are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a blood sample is exposed to a sequence of one or more electric pulses to trigger release of a growth factor in the sample. In certain embodiments, the growth factor release is not accompanied by clotting within the blood sample.
Claims9
A method for releasing growth factors, comprising:
- exposing a blood sample to a sequence of one or more electric pulses that trigger release of a growth factor in the blood sample, wherein the growth factor release is not accompanied by clotting within the blood sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.