The PRP tubes are manufactured without the use of separating gel and citrate as an anticoagulant. This allows the amount of PRP obtained per tube to be increased by at least 10% while optimizing the effect of PRP therapy. Since the tubes do not contain any additives, they can be used with or without anticoagulant, depending on the application, making them more versatile than tubes containing citrate.
These tubes can be used, for example, to prepare plasmagels for the popular Unicorn method or autologous fillers as an alternative to Botox and hyaluron. Instead of citrate, we use heparin in our Plain PRP tubes.
Heparin has been shown to provide a higher yield of platelets than sodium citrate. Platelets require calcium ions for degranulation, which are bound by citrates. Heparin, on the other hand, inhibits antithrombin III and therefore has no effect on platelets.