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If you’re in London this fall and hear a faint
buzzing noise overhead,
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that may be the sound of one of Google’s wing
drones carrying a fresh load of blood.
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The company just announced that it’s partnering
with the U K’s National Health Service and
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Medical drone network provider, Apian to run a
trial that will see drones flying blood samples
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between two central London hospitals guys and
Saint Thomas beginning this fall and lasting
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approximately six months.
The trial will focus on transporting time
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sensitive blood samples.
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They can’t afford to get stuck in city traffic
as the trial continues.
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Apian said it could expand to carry other
pathology items,
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medicines and supplies.
The wing drone tap to make the deliveries is
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crafted mostly out of foam, weighs around 11
pounds, carries packages weighing up to about
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two pounds and will cruise 230 ft above London
at about 62 MPH.
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The companies are anticipating no more than 10
flights per day with each flight taking only
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about two, much shorter than the roughly 30
minutes it takes to drive between the two
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hospitals.
The whole operation will be overseen by a
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certified pilot in command.
But the drone flights will all be automated and
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directed to stay within preprogrammed flight
paths.
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Google and A PN have already been granted
airspace approval by the UK Civil Aviation
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Authority.
And the companies expect to conclude all final
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regulatory requirements before the trial begins.
Later this fall.
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This won’t be the two companies his first time
partnering on medical drone operations Wing and
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api’s Dublin Ireland Medical Supply Service
have already been able to expedite the delivery
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of sutures and surgical tools.
Apian which was spun out of the NHS Clinical
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Entrepreneur program and founded by two doctors
along with a former Google health entrepreneur
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has been testing medical drone deliveries in
more rural parts of the UK.
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But this will be the first time the company
will fly its drones over London.
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I’m Ben Munson and this is manufacturing now.