What is the difference between Coamatic Heparin, Coatest Heparin, Coatest and Low Molecular Weight Heparin / Heparin?
All of our heparin kits are for the chromogenic determination of UF and LMW heparin in human plasma, and measure the ability of heparin to catalyze the inhibition of FXa by antithrombin. Coamatic Heparin is a one-stage assay optimized for a wide range of instruments that does not require the addition of exogenous antithrombin. It features the use of substrate S2732, simple reagent preparation, few components, and a simple, straight-forward assay procedure and is usually performed with undiluted plasma. Coatest Heparin is a two-stage assay with automated protocols available on a wide range of instruments. The assay requires the addition of antithrombin (included in the kit) and utilizes S-2222. Coatest Low Molecular Weight Heparin is mainly intended for the non-automated lab and allows rapid and reliable manual determination in a one-stage procedure. Like Coamatic Heparin, it uses S-2732, and although slightly dependent on the patients AT concentration, no exogenous AT is added.
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