The team also got logistics and flight tracking support from AiRXOS, a GE Aviation division working on drone infrastructure and support services. Experts at the University of Maryland have, for the first time, used a drone to successfully deliver a kidney to an organ transplant patient at Baltimore 's UMD . The 10-minute, 2.7-mile test flight was the culmination of more than 700 hours of work and 44 test flights. Trina Glispy , director of the St Agnes Hospital test operations, said using drones enabled real-time monitoring of the organ, and could reduce waiting times as well as expanding access to transplants.
Experts at the University of Maryland have, for the first time, used a drone to successfully deliver a kidney to an organ transplant patient at Baltimore 's UMD . The 10-minute, 2.7-mile test flight was the culmination of more than 700 hours of work and 44 test flights. Trina Glispy , director of the St Agnes Hospital test operations, said using drones enabled real-time monitoring of the organ, and could reduce waiting times as well as expanding access to transplants.