Blood Plasma

What is blood plasma?

Plasma is a transparent liquid component of blood with a yellowish colour, which contains a variety of proteins, sugars, fats, minerals and water. In layman’s terms, it can be likened to a lubricant. The red and white blood cells making up the rest of the blood would have difficulty circulating through the bloodstream on their own. That’s why they need plasma.

What is plasma good for?

In addition to water, it contains a variety of proteins, sugars, fats and minerals.

It acts as a 'lubricant'. Red and white blood cells would have difficulty circulating through the bloodstream on their own.

It is significantly involved in nutrient transport, maintenance of metabolism and information transfer.

For patients in an impaired state, blood plasma is the only possible source of protein.

Currently, 80% of the plasma obtained from donors is used to produce drugs for immunological diseases and 20% is used for direct administration to the patient.

Use in severe shock, extensive burns, acute respiratory distress syndrome or cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.

According to WHO estimates, nearly 60 million litres of blood plasma are withdrawn annually, only a third of the amount that would be needed.

We are therefore developing a specific solution to replace Albumin with Edestin for intravenous use.