Superfast haemostat: cellulose nanofiber based topical haemostatic agent

  • Mohamed, Elmira (PI)
  • Coupland, Lucy (CoI)
  • Nisbet, David (CoI)
  • Tsuzuki, Takuya (CoI)

    Project: Research

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    Description

    A gap remains in the availability of commercial haemostats that offer biocompatibility and biodegradability in combination with effective haemostatic properties. Our team of ANU and Canberra Hospital researchers developed cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) as a new promising haemostatic material. CNFs outperforms gold-standard haemostats due to its lack of toxicity toward bystander cells, excellent haemostatic performance, a variety of application forms and the potential scalable environmentally-friendly production. This innovation involved consultation with industry and clinicians who raised concerns regarding haemostatic efficacy and safety of CNFs in non-terminal severe bleeding. Herein, we propose to perform complementary experiments to accelerate the commercialization pathway of our invention.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/07/2223/06/23

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