Combined Platelet and Red Blood Cell Recovery during On-pump Cardiac Surgery Using same™ by i-SEP Autotransfusion Device: A First-in-human Noncomparative Study (i-TRANSEP Study).

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Centrifugation-based autotransfusion devices only salvage red blood cells while platelets are removed. The same™ device (Smart Autotransfusion for ME; i-SEP, France) is an innovative filtration-based autotransfusion device able to salvage both red blood cells and platelets. The authors tested the hypothesis that this new device could allow a red blood cell recovery exceeding 80% with a posttreatment hematocrit exceeding 40%, and would remove more than 90% of heparin and 75% of free hemoglobin.