A system is disclosed for recovering autologous thrombin from a blood product. The blood product is drawn into an injecting syringe and a clot is allowed to form. A discharge port of the injecting syringe is communicably connected to an intake port of an aspirating syringe through a hydrophilic filter assembly. The injecting and aspirating syringes are simultaneously operated to transmit blood product through the filter such that fibrous clotting material and red blood cells are removed by the filter and a concentrated, high-quality thrombin solution is recovered.

The present invention relates to platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for epicutaneous use in a wide range of applications in the cosmetic and dermatological fields and to a functional bioactive composition suitable for topical use, which comprises said PRP and allows complete absorption into the skin, hair or scalp, and which has a regenerating action for relaxing expression wrinkles, a lifting effect for sustaining relaxed skin tissues, for scar reduction and wound healing. The present composition performs a regenerating and a repairing action on the skin cell layers, combining the benefits of increasing vitality and longevity of the skin, scalp and hair follicle, without the disadvantages of invasive techniques. The present composition is formulated to allow complete absorption of the PRP and guarantees the vital function of platelet growth factors while combining a gradual, more physiological releasing rate, and stimulating the recruiting of stem cells.

The present invention relates to a cytopheretic cartridge for use in treating and/or preventing inflammatory conditions that affect myocardial function and to related methods. The cartridge can be used in treating a subject with myocardial dysfunction, such as a subject with chronic heart failure and/or acute decompensated heart failure.

A device for use in pulmonary surgery is presented. The device comprises a dispensing apparatus 300, 400, 900, a delivery apparatus 100, 1000, 1100, in fluid communication with said dispensing apparatus, and a pressurized gas input 338. The dispensing apparatus is configured to provide a pressurized gas, a fibrinogen stream, and a thrombin stream to the delivery apparatus. The delivery apparatus is configured to mix the fibrogen stream and the thrombin stream in the pressurized gas stream to form a fibrin reaction mixture comprising a cellular foam 700.

Embodiments are described that include systems and methods for separating components of a composite fluid, e.g., whole blood. Some embodiments provide for processing a composite fluid by subjecting a volume of the fluid to a first centripetal acceleration for an initial separation, followed by a second centripetal acceleration for a second separation.

Systems and methods for performing low volume (e.g., 500 mL or less) extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) procedures are disclosed. Each of the different systems and methods eliminates the need for multiple kits and solutions and reduce some of the potential risks inherent in the use of such multiple kits and solutions.

Methods and systems for the manual collection of whole blood are disclosed. The methods and systems include delivering a replacement fluid to the donor after or during the course of the blood collection.

A method of collecting mononuclear cells, comprising separating whole blood into cellular components and platelets suspended in plasma, separating the platelets suspended in plasma into platelet concentrate and platelet-poor plasma, combining the cellular components with the platelet-poor plasma to form a first mixture, and separating the first mixture into mononuclear cells and at least one component.

A blood treatment filter includes a housing having a first resin sheet and a second resin sheet, a filter member disposed in the housing, a peripheral edge molded body formed on a peripheral edge portion of the filter member and having an inner peripheral portion joined to an outer peripheral end edge of a filtering material, and a connection sheet extending outward from the peripheral edge molded body and connected to the housing.

Devices and methods for extracting and concentrating therapeutically active factors from mammalian fluids and tissues are described herein.