Airspace Link, Inc., a provider of solutions designed to help\nstate and local government agencies better plan for and manage the safe\nintegration of drones into their communities, supported the nation’s first\nautonomous, multi-modal Organ Transplant Transportation recently in Ohio.\nAirspace Link, participated in a demo that used a combination of manned and\nunmanned aircraft and vehicles to transport 3D printed kidneys and Blood Units\nfrom The Ohio State University in Columbus to a local hospital located in\nMarysville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The demonstration, held on Thursday, May 13, 2021, was\nenabled by JobsOhio and DriveOhio, and included resources from 8 companies,\nincluding The Ohio State University’s Airport and Center for Automotive\nResearch, Lifeline of Ohio, Workhorse Group, Advanced Mobility Collective\n(AMC), Transplant Coordinators of America (TCOA), VyrtX, and Airspace Link. The\ncohort included over 30 personnel that came together to make this first of a\nkind demonstration successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our goal was to show the world that there’s a more\nadvanced and efficient way to move life-saving medical treatments, including\norgans, which requires the most complex logistical coordination between\ndoctors, hospitals, organ recovery organizations, air and ground transportation\nproviders, from point A to point B,” said Lisa Peterson, VP of Marketing\nand Business Development for Airspace Link. “Several advanced air and\nground mobility partners came together in Ohio to showcase a multi-modal\nlogistics supply chain to move this 3D printed organ and additional tissues,\nvessels and blood.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peterson explained Airspace Link’s AirHub\u2122 solution played a\nkey role in assisting the Workhorse Group to obtain a Low Altitude\nAuthorization and Notification Capability approval from the FAA for the\ntransport of medical supplies using their small UAS, the Horsefly, across\nairport grounds. This approval required further justification with the FAA, a\ncapability also supported by AirHub, given that the flight path was around the\noutside of the runway and taxi areas of the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Airspace Link is paving the way to modernize mobility\nopportunities and continues to help push drones for good, create safer mobility\noptions and boost local economies. One way this is achieved is by empowering\nthe industry with data-driven planning solutions and applications that they can\nrely upon to determine the safest flight path for drones and larger unmanned\naircraft systems through and between communities. Airspace Link’s AirHub\nprovides actionable insights regarding ground hazards, population densities and\nmobility patterns, and local advisories to help drone operators mitigate risks\nin their flight plans. For this operation, the drone routes were assessed by the\nAirHub solution to ensure safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This demo was the first mission of its kind to move\nmedical cargo, across a 35-mile geography, using a combination of small and\nlarge air and ground autonomous systems from a dense area \u2014 Columbus, Ohio \u2014 to\nan open, rural environment\u2014Marysville, Ohio,” said Peterson. “As\nadvanced as our medical technologies and capabilities are for saving lives, the\nhealth care community can often be faced with challenges in treating patients\ndue to inefficient and high-cost transportation options. By introducing these\nnew modes of transport, we can provide better options to the heath care\ncommunity, so they can treat their patients timelier, and in the case of organ\ntransport, every ten minutes of time saved can mean the difference in the years\nof life for that organ.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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