Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 50, Number 4, December 2018
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Page(s) | 237 - 243 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/201850237 | |
Published online | 15 December 2018 |
Original Articles
An Ethanol-Free Autologous Thrombin System
* Arthrex, Inc., Naples, Florida; and
† Stem Cell Partners, LLC, Sacramento, California
Address correspondence to: Andrea M. Matuska, PhD, Research Scientist, Department of Research and Development, Arthrex, Inc., 1370 Creekside Boulevard, Naples, FL 34108. E-mail: andrea.matuska@arthrex.com
Received:
21
May
2018
Accepted:
11
September
2018
Thrombin is a coagulation protein of central importance to hemostasis and wound healing that can be sourced from human blood, bovine blood, and engineered cell lines. Only autologous thrombin lacks the risks of transmitting emergent pathogens or eliciting an immunogenic response. Previous commercial autologous thrombin devices require the use of high concentrations of ethanol to achieve thrombin stability, introducing cytotoxicity risks. A new point of care device for preparing an ethanol-free autologous thrombin serum was investigated. The ethanol-free autologous serum (AS) was prepared using the Thrombinator™ System (Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL). A total of 120 devices were tested with the blood of 30 healthy donors to determine the reliability and flexibility of the procedure. AS was prepared from both whole blood (WB) and platelet-poor plasma (PPP). Study endpoints were thrombin activity determined using a coagulation analyzer and formation of cohesive bone graft composites objectively measured using a durometer. The average thrombin activity produced by this system from 24 donors was 20.6 ± 2.7 IU/mL for WB and 13.4 ± 3.8 IU/mL for PPP which correlated to clot times of 3.9 and 5.9 seconds, respectively. The device tolerated use of varying volumes of blood to prepare AS. In addition, the system was able to generate four successive and comparable AS productions. When combined with platelet-rich plasma and bone graft material, cohesive scaffolds were always formed. A new device and method for preparing single donor, ethanol-free, AS with thrombin activity was demonstrated.
Key words: thrombin / autologous / blood-coagulation / platelet rich plasma / fibrin / device
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