Blood reinfusion
DONOR
DONOR™ is a premium device for postoperative drainage, collection, filtration and reinfusion of patient’s own blood.
The DONOR™ system is pre-evacuated with a unique vacuum regulator for constant low suction drainage. Thus, promoting the wound healing.
A validated LipiGuard blood filter ensures safe blood reinfusion of patient’s own blood.
DONOR™ is used after the following orthopaedic procedures:
• Total knee replacement
• Total hip replacement
• Spine fusion
• Revision surgery
A comparison study has shown that with the use of DONOR™ allogeneic blood transfusions have been reduced by 70% with total hip replacement and 98% with total knee replacement (Hendriks HGE, et al. 2009).
Why blood reinfusion
Autologous blood is patient’s own blood
Allogeneic blood is someone else’s blood
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Adverse reactions of allogeneic blood range from febrile reactions, allergic reactions and viral disease transmissions to, rarely, severe incompatibility of the ABO blood group.
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Use allogeneic blood for emergencies, not for elective orthopaedic surgery
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Circular use of blood, rather then throwing blood away.
Autologous blood transfusion or reinfusion
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Autologous blood transfusion helps to reduce complications
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Direct oxygen transportation after autotransfusion
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Circular use of patient’s own cells, prevent blood being discarded