How long has Thrombin-JMI® been used in surgical procedures?
During the past 14 years, Thrombin-JMI® has been used in an estimated 14 million patient procedures.1,29 The current version of Thrombin-JMI® is different from previous versions of bovine thrombin due to the enhancement of the manufacturing process using a chromatographic purification and ultra filtration process that has the capability to effectively remove extraneous proteins and reduce factor V/Va. The clinical significance of these findings is unknown 2,14.