Muscles self-repair: human

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Muscles of humans go through self-repair and remodeling due to a modular system that incorporates nutrient and waste transport.

Biomimicry Taxonomy

	Maintain physical integrity >
	Regulate physiological processes >
	Reproduction or growth

Biomimetic Application Ideas

Integrated system of self-repairing modules and waste transport Building with modularity to accommodate repair, replacement

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"The ability to adapt in response to changes in functional demands sets living tissues apart from their engineered counterparts. Muscles grow during development, they remodel in response to use and disuse, and they are able to repair themselves after an injury…The modular design of muscle also facilitates the remodeling and repair of the muscle. The selfhealing properties of muscle emerge from the integration of muscles into a system that allows wound healing and continuous turnover via transport of nutrients and removal of waste products. It is arguably much simpler to grow and repair individual units than having to adapt the entire structure." (Bar-Cohen 2006:50-52)

About the inspiring organism

human
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
[man]

IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern

Some organism data provided by: ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Organism/taxonomy data provided by:
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist

Bioinspired products and application ideas

Application Ideas: Integrated system of self-repairing modules and waste transport. Building with modularity to accommodate repair, replacement. Develop remodeling polymer actuators for use in prosthetics and robotics by integrating systems into existing self-repairing polymers that facilitate transport of necessary components and removal of waste products.

Industrial Sector(s) interested in this strategy: Construction; Manufacturing, Business Practices; Prosthetics; Robotics.

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References

Yoseph Bar-Cohen. 2006. Biomimetics: biologically inspired technologies. Boca Raton, FL: CRC/Taylor & Francis. 527 p.

Muscles self-repair: human

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