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US 2020/0206325 A1Published application
Systems and methods for preparing a thrombin serum
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsChristopher BARE, Abigail NABORS, Melissa TUCKER, Robert HARRISON
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Abstract
A system for preparing a thrombin serum that can include a containment device, a cage received within the containment device, a cap attachable to the containment device, an inlet port configured to introduce a non-anti-coagulated autologous blood fluid into the containment device, and an outlet port. An activator, such as glass beads, can be present within the containment device.
Claims20
A method for preparing a thrombin serum, comprising:
- (i) Incubating a first amount of a non-anticoagulated autologous blood fluid in a containment device, wherein the containment device comprises:
- (a) a longitudinal axis;
- (b) a cage received within said containment device, the cage having a wall or walls that extend along a longitudinal axis into the containment device, wherein the cage wall or walls include a plurality of openings;
- (c) a cap attached to said containment device;
- (d) an inlet port configured to introduce the non-anti-coagulated autologous blood fluid into said containment device, wherein the inlet port is located radially outwardly of the cage relative to the longitudinal axis, such that a fluid is delivered to the containment device between an inner wall of the containment device and an outer wall of the cage;
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- (e) an outlet port configured to remove a thrombin serum from said containment device;
- (ii) extracting a thrombin serum from the containment device.
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