When it comes to organ transplants, time is of the essence.
As soon as a heart or lung is made available, both the medical teams and the patient need to act quickly in order to get the. Otherwise, they risk the organ deteriorating and becoming so damaged that it’s unable to be transplanted.
That’s why researchers in Canada have turned to drones to whisk away donated organs to the patients who need them. In a study published Dec. 21 in thethe team modified a drone typically used in aerial photography to carry a transplant organ from one hospital to another. The study’s authors successfully used the device to transport a donated lung across the city of Toronto.
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