SMART Healthcare: Self-healing Materials for Advanced Repairable Technologies in Healthcare

智能医疗保健：用于医疗保健先进可修复技术的自愈材料

• 批准号: 75292
• 金额: $ 20.51万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=75292
• 关键词: SMART; Healthcare; Self; healing; Materials

Self-healing materials are of great advantage in everyday life as they allow for reduced repair costs, more economical use of resources, and increased product lifetimes. In the medical sector, they could allow users who are highly reliant on their devices to live without the inconvenience and discomfort of having to repair or replace these. Biology has evolved highly developed mechanisms for self-healing, e.g. to close a wound, however current man-made materials do not compare. This project aims to use recent advances in synthetic biology to combine biological mechanisms with man-made materials. This will create medical devices such as physiological sensors and prostheses that are self-healing, leading to a higher quality of life for the user.

自我修复材料在日常生活中具有很大的优势，因为它们可以降低维修成本，更经济的资源使用以及增加产品寿命。在医疗领域，他们可以允许高度依赖设备的用户在不带有维修或更换这些设备的不便和不适感。生物学发展了高度发展的自我修复机制，例如要关闭伤口，但是当前的人造材料无法比较。该项目旨在利用合成生物学的最新进展将生物学机制与人造材料相结合。这将创建医疗设备，例如生理传感器和自我修复的假体，从而为用户带来更高的生活质量。