In a world first, drone delivers kidney for transplant | Health24com
On April 19, the aircraft delivered the donor kidney that was successfully transplanted by a surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. The patient was discharged April 23."This whole thing is amazing. Years ago, this was not something that you would think about," the patient said in a university news release.
"There remains a woeful disparity between the number of recipients on the organ transplant waiting list and the total number of transplantable organs. This new technology has the potential to help widen the donor organ pool and access to transplantation," Scalea said. While the surgeons knew the steps involved in transplantation, unmanned transportation was foreign territory.
The custom-built drone used in this project had eight rotors and multiple powertrains to ensure reliable performance, even in the case of component failure.Before the groundbreaking flight, the team developed and tested the drone by successfully transporting materials such as saline, blood tubes, followed by a healthy but unusable human kidney.
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