-
-
اخروٹ کھائیں، بلڈ پریشر بھگائیں
- Latest: Night_Hawk
- Last post by: Night_Hawk
-
-
-
-
-
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A kidney needed for transplantation has been delivered by a drone for the first time ever, the University of Maryland Medical Center said, a development that could herald faster and safer organ transport.
The specially designed high-tech drone was fitted with equipment to monitor the kidney along its three mile (five kilometer) journey to its recipient: a 44-year-old woman from Baltimore who had spent eight years on dialysis before the procedure.
The drone, which required a special clearance from aviation regulators, took off at 1:00 am on April 19 and flew at a height of 400 feet (120 meters) for about ten minutes before touching down at its destination.
Doctor Joseph Scalea, who was among the team of surgeons that performed the transplantation, hailed the project’s success and said drone deliveries could help overcome delays that destroy an organ’s viability.
"The next run could be over 30 miles, or 100. The distance is relatively unimportant," he told AFP Wednesday. "The most important part is, we were able to implement drone technology into the current system of transplantation and transportation."
Current transport methods involve expensive chartered flights or even variable commercial flights, occasionally resulting in delays, and cost typically around $5,000.
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, there were nearly 114,000 people on waiting lists for an organ transplant in the US in 2018.
About 1.5 percent of deceased donor organ shipments did not make it to their intended destination while nearly four percent of organ shipments had an unanticipated delay of two or more hours.
Scalea, who has founded a company that manages data for organ shipments, likened the system to an Uber-like service that would prove eventually prove less costly.
Source
-
-
-
-
Delete the topic
- Latest: Steyn
- Last post by: Steyn
-
The truth about polio vaccination
- Latest: Khan125
- Last post by: Khan125
-
-
To start, what is IoT?
- Latest: Ali Adnan Asim
- Last post by: Ali Adnan Asim
-
Why are our children unhealthy?
- Latest: Faizan Syed
- Last post by: Faizan Syed
-
-
-
Wasim Akram tells how to contain Diabetes
- Latest: asifA1
- Last post by: asifA1
-
Every fourth person in Pakistan has diabetes-I
- Latest: Eyeaan
- Last post by: Eyeaan
-
Google's AI for lung cancer diagnosis proves more accurate than radiologists in early trial
4th graders have amazing reaction to classmate revealing he has autism
Good News for Gay Men: Study reveals AIDS drugs prevent sexual transmission of HIV in gay men
Healthy Eating Plan By Zulfiqar Ahmed Naqshbandi Sahib
'If something happens to me, Nestle will be responsible' - Citizen
Kalonji ke faide - Benefits of Black seeds - Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Saifi - کلونجی کے فائدے
