Medical devices using coated polymers
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.
1. A method of coating a polymeric substrate with a hyperbranched polyglycerol, the method comprising polymerisation of glycidol monomers to form a hyperbranched polyglycerol on the polymeric substrate activated by plasma treatment and thereby coating the polymeric substrate with the hyperbranched polyglycerol.
2. A polymeric substrate coated by the method according to claim 1 .
3. A medical device comprising a coated polymeric substrate according to claim 2 .