Notes on Artificial Organ Technologies
Note: The field of artificial organs is typically framed around bioelectronics and materials design. However, this framing is insufficient. True cyberpunk-level replacement technologies must interface with existing biochemical pathways(metabolic cycles, signalling cascades, membrane dynamics, immune system modulation, etc, etc) and this requires nanotechnological enablement. These notes reflect that conviction, hence the high density of nanosystems references throughout.
Definition: Cytronics is the engineering discipline concerned with the design, fabrication, and operation of controllable nanoscale devices for cellular engineering purposes. See here: https://wetprogrammablenanosystems.bearblog.dev/intro-to-cytotronics/
| Biological organs/organ systems | Notes on the Cytronics (Synthetic cells, tissues and organs) |
|---|---|
| Blood | |
| Brain | neurocytes - neuro-cytronic tissue (add later) |
| Eyes | |
| Nose | |
| The heart | Weight and Power Requirements for an Implantable Total Artificial Heart |
| Ears | |
| The lungs | |
| Bone marrow | Cell Mills: Nanofactory Manufacture of Biological Components Robert A. Freitas Jr. |
| Kidneys | |
| Liver | |
| Pancreas | Insulocytes and insulo-cytronic tissues |
| Stomach | - The Artificial Metabolic Organ: Nanorobotic Nutritional Self-Sufficiency, Robert A. Freitas Jr - insert notes on food sensor devices |
| GI tract (Intestines, etc) | |
| Gallbladder | |
| Muscle tissue | |
| Nervous tissue | |
| Reproductive organs | "Comprehensive Nanorobotic Cure for Male Erectile Dysfunction, Robert A. Freitas Jr" |
| Skin | |
| bone & cartilage | insert notes on synthetic bone-like polymer |
| de novo territory |
Miscellaneous notes
- What happens when you cut into the "flesh" of someone whose whole body was replaced with prosthetic devices composed of diamondoid nanomachines
- It wouldn't be far-fetched to assume that with sufficiently advanced material science, we could line the entire surface of prosthetic organs and tissues with nano accessories that can actuate on command to provide the user with anti-microbial properties.
- We do not have true cybernetic medicine
- Good book on artificial organs principles.Annesini et al. Artificial Organ Engineering