Thus, platelets transfusions are needed to treat “thrombocytopenia” which is a decrease in platelet concentration that is induced by a large number of diseases, many with a rising incidence due to population
Today, due to the very low proportion of platelets in the blood and to the complexity of this long and multi steps centrifuge-based manufacturing process, Blood Banks world wide struggle to produce Platelets Concentrates with affordable pricing complying with high level regulatory mandatories. Indeed, Accoustophoresis allows a much softer processing (6 times below shear stress platelets’ activation threshold) than centrifuge methods, and thus to achieve a more efficient sorting and a expected better quality and preservation.