Chinese biotech company Ehang has been working to develop useful delivery drones that would have the ability to fly pig organs to patients in need. By delivering organs to hospitals for transplant, the drones would fly to designated zones with no pilot.
Lung Biotechnology, a client and collaborator of Ehang, explains how this would be done by saying that it has "plans to station the MOTH rotorcrafts outside of its organ manufacturing facilities and use preprogrammed flight plans to hospitals and re-charging pads within the MOTH radius so that the manufactured organs can be delivered within their post-production window of viability."
Ehang's goal over the years is to create 1,000 flying drones that would be able to fly along designated paths and efficiently deliver medical necessities to help save lives. Although they are still a work in progress, the large useful flying drones would be perfect for transforming organs in heavily populated urban areas where travel paths are often blocked.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Delivery Drones for Medical Necessities
- The development of drones for delivering organs and medical supplies presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the healthcare industry.
- Unmanned Drone Delivery
- The use of unmanned drones to deliver organs and medical necessities can revolutionize the transportation industry.
- Precision Delivery in Urban Areas
- The implementation of drone delivery systems in heavily populated urban areas can provide a disruptive innovation opportunity for logistics and transportation companies.
Where This Applies
- Healthcare
- The healthcare industry can benefit from the use of delivery drones to transport organs and medical supplies quickly and efficiently.
- Transportation
- The transportation industry has the potential to be transformed by the use of unmanned drones for delivering organs and medical necessities.
- Logistics
- Logistics companies can seize the opportunity to develop efficient drone delivery systems for precision delivery in urban areas.
