Patent ID: 8546096

Claim:
A method of identifying a non-anticoagulant sulfated polysaccharide (NASP) which is capable of enhancing blood coagulation in dependence on FXI, the method comprising: a) combining a blood or plasma sample comprising activation competent FXI with a composition comprising a sulfated polysaccharide and measuring the clotting or thrombin generation parameters of the blood or plasma sample; b) combining a corresponding blood or plasma sample deficient in activation competent FXI with a composition comprising the sulfated polysaccharide and measuring the clotting or thrombin generation parameters of the blood or plasma sample; and c) comparing the clotting or thrombin generation parameters of the blood or plasma samples as determined in steps (a) and (b) with each other, wherein a decrease in the clotting time of the blood sample or an increase in peak thrombin or decrease in peak time of the plasma sample comprising activation competent FXI compared to the clotting time of the blood sample or peak thrombin or peak time of the plasma sample deficient in activation competent FXI is indicative of a NASP which is capable of enhancing blood coagulation in dependence on FXI.