Patent ID: 9180142
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61J,A61K,A61L,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of dressing a wound of a subject, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a volume of sterile whole blood by sterile withdrawal of venous blood from the subject; (b) mixing the volume of sterile whole blood with an anticoagulant, then (c) mixing the volume of sterile whole blood and anticoagulant with a coagulation initiator, then; (d) spreading the volume of sterile whole blood onto a support matrix at a location physically separated from the wound; (e) allowing the volume of sterile whole blood to clot on the support matrix at the physically separated location to form a sterile wound dressing comprising clotted whole blood and the support matrix; and (f) applying the sterile wound dressing comprising the clotted whole blood and the support matrix onto the wound, and leaving the sterile wound dressing in place for at least two days.