Guia prático de uso da centrífuga IntraSpin® para a obtenção de fibrina rica em plaquetas / Practical guide for using the IntraSpin® centrifuge to obtain platelet-rich fibrin

Obter corretamente a Fibrina Rica em Plaquetas (PRF) depende da execução de cada etapa de maneira protocolada. Nesse sentido, no Laboratório Associado de Pesquisa Clínica (LPCO), da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal Fluminense (FO-UFF) é utilizado o sistema IntraSpin® de centrifugação do sangue coletado, que caracteriza o segundo passo para preparo deste material autólogo. O objetivo do presente trabalho é realizar uma descrição prática do correto manuseio da Centrífuga IntraSpin para garantir a obtenção do PRF e sua efetiva aplicabilidade clínica.

Obtaining Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) correctly depends on the execution of each step in a protocol manner. In this sense, at the Associated Clinical Research Laboratory (LPCO), of the Faculty of Dentistry in the Federal Fluminense University (FO-UFF) the IntraSpin® centrifugation system is used in the collected blood, that characterizes the second step to prepare this autologous material. The objective of this present work is to make a practical description of the correct handling of the IntraSpin Centrifuge to guarantee the PRF's biocompatibility and its effective clinical applicability.

A practical device designed to concentrate cells for cytomorphological studies of biological fluids / Diseño de un instrumento práctico para estudios cito-morfológicos en fluidos biológicos

In the present work, a device designed for concentrating cells from biological fluids is described. The instrument consists of a tube in which the inner cavity has a conical shape at one of its ends and a small orifice is found at the botton, while the tubes's exterior maintains its cylindrical shape. The tube is placed inside a second tube that ends on a flat surface on which a glass cover slide is placed. The sample to be studied is placed in the inner tube of the assembled device and spun in a regular clinical centrifuge. Cells are collected on the glass slide, fixed and stained for microscopical studies. The device was tested using 23 samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with lymphoproliferative diseases. An adequate number of intact cells was recovered for observation, and a precise diagnosis was possible. Cells from three aliquots of each CSF sample were concentrated by this method, and by the more expensive standard commercial cytocentrifuge, with similar results. The device described here provides an easy, efficiet and inexpensive method, for the concentration of cells from organic fluids