Drone delivers kidney for transplant for first time ever

Researchers from the University of Maryland for the first time in the world used a drone to transport a human organ, which was then transplanted to a patient in need of transplantation.

According to a report published on the University's website, the drone delivered a donor kidney to the Medical Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore on April 19. The duration of the flight in the release is not specified, but the kidney, which was in a special container developed by the University staff, survived the flight well, and the doctors transplanted it to a 44-year-old patient who had been waiting for the operation for about eight years. The operation was successful, and on April 25, the woman was discharged from the hospital.

Researchers from the University of Maryland for the first time in the world used a drone to transport a human organ, which was then transplanted to a patient in need of transplantation.

According to a report published on the University's website, the drone delivered a donor kidney to the Medical Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore on April 19. The duration of the flight in the release is not specified, but the kidney, which was in a special container developed by the University staff, survived the flight well, and the doctors transplanted it to a 44-year-old patient who had been waiting for the operation for about eight years. The operation was successful, and on April 25, the woman was discharged from the hospital.

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