Drones began to transport bodies for transplantation

At the beginning of December, 2020 drones began to transport bodies for transplantation after two successful pilot tests which are carried out by MissionGO companies, solution provider for pilotless aircraft, and Nevada Donor Network, the organization for purchase of bodies for transplantation (OPO) servicing the State of Nevada.

The first run delivered cornea fabrics from one hospital in another within one city, and during the second the drone delivered a kidney, ready to transplantation, from one city in another, having set a record as the most long flight on delivery of bodies for transplantation in the history of pilotless flights.

MissionGO drones began to transport bodies for transplantation

To provide safe transportation of bodies on long distances, MediGO concluded the partner bargain with FlightAware which will deliver necessary aviation and analytical data on location of drones for the system of logistics and monitoring of bodies of MediGO, providing that the increased transparency of all process of transportation.

Test flights proved reliability of pilotless cargo transportation which can reduce time between organ donation and transplantation and also to reduce a carbon trace. Besides, the improved logistics will increase efficiency of the system of organ donation and, finally, will be able to save more lives.

The chief physician and the cofounder of MediGO doctor Joseph Scalea explained that the companies still should be studied how temperature, pressure and vibration connected with flights of drones influence the transported bodies further to expand the range of the transported bodies and fabrics for transplantation. MediGO already works on several innovations which will be able to prolong viability of fabrics during the long travel.^[1]

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