Apparatus and method for breast reconstruction and augmentation using an autologous platelet-rich fibrin matrix

Abstract

Described herein are systems and methods for soft tissue reconstruction and augmentation using a platelet-rich fibrin matrix. In one embodiment the system of the present invention includes a blood collection apparatus capable of drawing blood from a patient, a matrix preparation container configured to hold a patient's blood while the blood is separated and coagulated to form a platelet-rich fibrin matrix therein, and a matrix delivery device configured to receive the matrix preparation container therein and compress and force the platelet-rich fibrin matrix out of the matrix preparation container and into the patient. In another embodiment the invention described herein is a method in which blood is drawn from a patient and separated and coagulated to form a platelet-rich fibrin matrix. The platelet-rich fibrin matrix is implanted into a patient at the site of a tissue defect or where tissue augmentation is desired.

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