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Biological systems can rarely be used directly in the technical domain. An example would be the use of purified gastric mucins as a lubrification film for contact lenses (Winkeljann et al. 2017).

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Hashemi Farzaneh, H., Lindemann, U. (2019). Abstraction. In: A Practical Guide to Bio-inspired Design. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57684-7_3

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