Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices using coated polymers, methods for reducing platelet attachment and/or fouling associated with medical devices, and methods for coating polymers. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medical device comprising one or more polymeric materials coated with a hyperbranched polyglycerol.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 11, 2021
Assignees:
AUSHEALTH CORPORATE PTY LTD, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Inventors:
Eli Moore, Glen Leon Benveniste, Claudine Sharon Bonder, Nicolas Hans Voelcker
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for screening and identifying a fetal trisomy. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of screening for a fetal trisomy in a pregnant female subject. The method comprises detecting one or more lipid markers from the subject, wherein the one or more markers is indicative of the risk of a fetal trisomy in the subject, and determining the risk of a fetal trisomy in the pregnant female subject on the basis of the one or more lipid markers detected.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2020
Assignee:
AUSHEALTH CORPORATE PTY LTD
Inventors:
Enzo Ranieri, Steven Ramsay, Peter Charles Kinmont Sharp, Janice Fletcher