Patents Assigned to Biotherapy Services Limited
  • Patent number: 11944667
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a wound treatment composition, wherein the method comprises; i) fractionating a whole blood sample into multiple samples including a platelet rich plasma (PRP) sample, a platelet poor plasma (PPP) sample and a erythrocyte sample, wherein the PRP sample has a haematocrit level of 1-10%, ii) processing a portion of the PPP and/or PRP sample to facilitate cleavage of autologous pro-thrombin present in the PPP and/or PRP to produce autologous thrombin, and iii) combining the PRP sample with a portion of the PPP sample and a portion of the thrombin produced in step (ii) to produce the wound treatment composition; wherein step ii) is performed at less than 15° C. In preferred embodiments the PRP has a haematocrit level of 2 or 8%. Wound treatment compositions produced by the methods are also provided as are compositions for use in treating chronic and acute wounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Biotherapy Services Limited
    Inventor: Janet Hadfield