The PRP tubes are produced 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 % and at the same time optimizes the effect of PRP therapy. As the tubes contain no additives, they can be used with or without anticoagulant depending on the application, making them more versatile than tubes with citrate.
These tubes can be used, for example, to produce plasma gels for the popular Unicorn method or autologous fillers as an alternative to Botox and hyaluronic acid. Instead of citrate, we use heparin in our plain PRP tubes.
It has been shown that heparin provides 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 the platelets.