Vacutainers for Medical, Aesthetic and Maxillo-Facial procedures. Suitable for all centrifuges.
RED PLASTIC PRP. Sterile, 10ml with 1.5cc of Anticoagulant Citrate Dextrose (ACD-A) & Buffer Solution. Supplied in packs of 25 individual tubes.
ACD-A is approved by the FDA for use in Autologous PRP Systems. ACD-A prevents clotting in the tube and preserves the hemostatic functionality of platelets. Our PRP tubes contain ACD plus a special inner gel that separates PRP.
WHY USE THESE TUBES:
Provided as single-use, sterile, individually packed tubes in non-pyrogenic plastic. Each tube contains anticoagulant (acid-citrate-dextrose) plus a gel separator that migrates during centrifugation to create a stable barrier between PRP and red blood cells. Designed for single-step centrifugation at 1500–1800 × g for 8–10 minutes, the gel physically locks RBCs below, so PRP can be safely aspirated from the top layer whilst maintaining platelet integrity because plastic is less activating.
SUMMARY BENEFITS:
•Simple, reproducible process (good for clinics).
•Easier and faster for clinical workflow — “ready-to-use PRP” format.
•Minimal handling — reduced risk of cross-contamination.
•Cleaner PRP separation thanks to gel barrier.
•Time-saving: one centrifugation only.
WHAT DOES PRP INJECTION DO?
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection stimulates collagen production and is used for various treatments, including facial aesthetics, hair stimulation, sexual medicine, as well as more traditional tendon, ligament, muscle, and cartilage injuries, where reports say it accelerates healing time and decreases pain.
MultiPacks of 100.
YELLOW GLASS with Citrate dextrose anticoagulant offers an economically efficient method for PRP generation. Yellow tubes are sometimes known as “clot activator tubes” or “yellow stopper tubes”
USING YELLOW PRP TUBES:
Soft spin (100–200 × g, 10–15 min)
Hard spin (300–400 × g, 10–15 min)
Allows controlled platelet activation, which is useful if you want to add calcium chloride later.
Yellow PRP tubes are compatible with most centrifuges.
LIMITATIONS OF YELLOW PRP Tubes (compared to Red Plastic with ACT+Gel)
The absence of gel means no physical barrier between plasma and red cells after centrifugation.
Greater operator skill is needed to manually extract the PRP layer.
No fixed separation boundary means platelet yield can vary between users.
Requires two-step centrifugation for high-purity PRP:
More time-consuming and less standardised, with possible contamination risk during handling.
GREEN PLASTIC. Sterile, Silicone-coated. 10ml.
Green tubes are durable PET plastic in 10ml used to obtain a plasma sample and contain heparin to prevent the blood from clotting.
Green tubes are typically used for sticky bone, liquid PRF and facial aesthetics.
RED GLASS. Sterile, 10ml without additives or silicone coating.
Red glass without additives or silicone coating are typically used for A-PRF membranes or cases where a low concentration of platelets is required.
A-PRF can help with healing after a free gingival graft, dry socket, or medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw. It can also reduce pain and the risk of infection after an extraction. In aesthetics, A-PRF is used as an under-eye filler to promote an organic, regenerative anti-ageing effect. A PRF can also help treat musculoskeletal injuries.
ABOUT CENTRIFUGED BLOOD
BLOOD is centrifuged to separate it into its various components inside a centrifuge that spins at high speed, exerting a force which isolates the blood into its several components. Centrifuged blood consists typically of three coloured layers:
A straw-coloured top layer comprises the liquid portion of blood—plasma—at c 55% of the total blood volume.
A thin plasma layer of white blood cells and platelets.
A lower layer comprising c 45% of the total is the red blood cells and may appear bright red or dark red depending upon the oxygen content of the cells.
BLOOD CELLS are leukocytes (white and erythrocytes (red)
BLOOD PLASMA is a yellowish substance into which blood cells are suspended. Plasma comprises water and various dissolved molecules including glucose, salts, proteins, clotting factors, immunoglobulins, hormones, and carbon dioxide from metabolic processes.
CENTRIFUGES for blood separation make use of either a fixed-angle rotor or a swing-out rotor such as the system from Ariston Dental. Ideally, a centrifuge should be chosen that has the potential to handle tubes of numerous capacities. Swing-out rotor centrifuges enable particles to deposit uniformly at the tube’s base and often can utilise lower centrifugal forces for less energy consumption and similar outcomes. By comparison, a fixed-angle rotor spins blood to the opposite side of the tube, from which it slides down to the base. Fixed-angle devices use higher centrifugal forces, which offer quicker separation.
CENTRIFUGE CYCLES. Each technique relies on a different tube, time and centrifuge cycle. Typically, a centrifuge speed of ±4000-6500 RPM is considered adequate, while a centrifuge speed of ±6500 RPM would be ideally suited for the majority of the research applications. Swing-out rotor centrifuges may achieve the same outcome at the lower RPM range.
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