Intraoperative blood salvage (cell saver) system
A device that aspirates blood lost in the surgical field, anticoagulates it, centrifuges it to concentrate red cells, and washes it with saline, removing plasma, debris and anticoagulant, for autologous reinfusion to the patient.
How it is used
Surgery with expected major blood loss (cardiac, major orthopedic, trauma, vascular, or obstetric) to reduce the need for allogeneic transfusion.
Clinical tip
A spine surgery study found its use reduced banked-blood consumption by more than 30%; a published case report, however, warns of significant hemolysis in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis, a real clinical caveat to bear in mind.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-17.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.