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An In Vitro Blood Flow Loop System for Evaluating the Thrombogenicity of Medical Devices and Biomaterials.
ASAIO Journal : a Peer-reviewed Journal of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 2019 Februrary 20
A reliable in vitro dynamic test method to evaluate device thrombogenicity is very important for the improvement of the design and safety of blood-contacting medical devices, while reducing the use of animal studies. In this study, a recirculating flow loop system was developed for thrombogenicity testing, using donor sheep blood anticoagulated with Anticoagulant Citrate Dextrose Solution A (ACDA) and used within 24-36 hr postdraw. Immediately before testing, the blood was recalcified and heparinized to a donor-specific target concentration. The heparinization level was based on a static pretest, in which latex tubes were incubated at room temperature for 30 min in blood with a series of heparin concentrations and evaluated for thrombus deposition. For dynamic testing, blood was recirculated at room temperature through a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing loop containing a test material for 1 hr at 200 ml/min using a roller pump. Nine materials were investigated: a negative control (polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE]), a positive control (latex), and seven commonly used biomaterials including PVC, two silicones with different formulations (Q-Sil and V-Sil), nylon, polyurethane (PU), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and polyether block amide (PEBAX). The results showed that latex was significantly more thrombogenic than all the other materials (p < 0.05), PVC and Q-Sil exhibited intermediate thrombogenicity with significantly more thrombus surface coverage and thrombus weight than PTFE (p < 0.05), whereas PTFE and the rest of the biomaterials had little to no thrombus deposition. In summary, the test loop system was able to effectively differentiate materials with different thrombogenic potentials.
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