Features & Benefits

Features and Benefits

• High Cell and Platelet Yields – gentle centrifugal acceleration isolates the buffycoat. Gentle deceleration preserves this layer of highly concentrated platelets and cells from plasma and red blood cells. The high yield may then be siphoned off the top of the buffycoat.
• Sterility – the patient’s blood or bone marrow aspirate is collected into a sterile tube, processed in the centrifuge and piped into the sterile field through a closed system. Only two sterile-barrier entries are required—the least of any concentrating system available today.
  Accelerate™ also eliminates the possibility of transfer contamination. Once processed, the BMAC or PRP and PPP are piped directly into the sterile field. This eliminates the potential for contamination that exists when a circulating nurse is required to manually transfer BMAC or PRP and PPP into the surgical field.
• Flexible & Convenient – Accelerate can effectively process 30-240ml of blood via a single, 12-minute spin. Light and portable, the centrifuge may easily be transferred among operating rooms.
• Cost Effective – in total knee arthroplasty, surgeons have reported a reduced need for blood transfusion and elimination of drains and peripheral equipment when PRP is used.^1,2,3 Reduced hospital stay and pain medication are also potential benefits from the effective use of PRP. ^2,3
  

References

1. Everts PA, Devilee RJ, et al. Platelet gel and fibrin sealant reduce allogeneic blood transfusions in total knee arthroplasty. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2006 May;50(5):593-9.
2. Gardner MJ, Demetrakopoulous D, et al. The efficacy of autologous platelet gel in pain control and blood loss in total knee arthroplasty: An analysis of the hemoglobin, narcotic requirement and range of motion. Int Orthop. 2006 Jul 1.
3. Bertram M. Reducing blood loss in total knee replacement. Presentation at the Platelet Gel Symposium, Sanibel Island Spa and Resort. Oct. 2006.