Testing the delivery of human organ transportation with drones in the real world.

Journal: Science robotics
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Abstract

Last-mile transportation of human donor lungs in a densely populated urban environment has been made possible with drones.

Authors

  • Andrew T Sage
    Latner Thoracic Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Marcelo Cypel
    Latner Thoracic Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Mikael Cardinal
    Unither Bioelectronics Inc., Bromont, QC, Canada.
  • Jimmy Qiu
    Techna, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Atul Humar
    Latner Thoracic Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Shaf Keshavjee
    Latner Thoracic Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.