BioMembrOS_Deliverable_2_1

This document presents the deliverable D2.1 “Functional specifications - learning from the best – “bird lung and fish gills” of the EIC Pathfinder Open project BioMembrOS. It summarizes the key results achieved in Task 2.1 from project month M1 until M6. In this task, functional specifications of the BioMembrOS respiration device have been fully defined. Functional characteristics of respiration in birds and fish have been studied in detail based on extensive literature research in previously published research by the UJ partner. Based on these findings, it has been defined, which functional features shall be mimicked in the BioMembrOS workpackages WP3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 so as to develop a device with maximum performance and hemocompatibility that is suitable for an intracorporeal respiration device. In addition, performance criteria for the early laboratory demonstrator, the respiration membrane prototype (WP6) will be defined.