{"id":24159,"date":"2022-11-28T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=24159"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:45:49","slug":"tosa-lifegift-and-lifeshare-conduct-first-time-uncrewed-aerial-transport-of-organs-and-blood-between-lubbock-oklahoma-city-and-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/tosa-lifegift-and-lifeshare-conduct-first-time-uncrewed-aerial-transport-of-organs-and-blood-between-lubbock-oklahoma-city-and-san-antonio\/%20","title":{"rendered":"TOSA, LifeGift, and LifeShare Conduct First-Time Uncrewed Aerial Transport of Organs and Blood Between Lubbock, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA) the non-profit serving 56 counties in Central and South Texas, LifeGift<\/a> in Houston, Texas, and LifeShare in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, have joined forces with the Matador Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) Consortium, co-developed by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and 2THEDGE, LLC., to conduct uncrewed aerial transport (UAS) testing the ability to successfully move organs and blood between Lubbock, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio. The test took place on Tuesday, November 15th, with the UAS flight originating at Lubbock\u2019s Texas Tech University Reese Technology Center proceeding a distance of 350 miles to Oklahoma City and then traveling 471 miles to San Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the first time that donated organs were transported\nthis far a distance by an aerial system that was operated using robotic\ntechnology. The Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) transported a donated human\nliver, kidney, and pancreas between the three cities. Although there was a\npilot on board per FAA regulations, the plane was flown entirely by technology\nonboard. The organs were donated for clinical research and were not\ntransplanted following the flight demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three organ procurement organizations\u2019 proposed use of\nthis ground-breaking UAS technology aims to improve transport of donated organs\nand tissues in rural areas to better serve patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOSA, LifeGift, and LifeShare\u2019s shared objectives include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Address transportation challenges in the\nfacilitation of organs for transplant and minimize the time between organ\nrecovery and transplantation<\/li>
  • Test the efficacy of transporting organs and\nbiological materials via Uncrewed Aerial Transport (UAS) technology from\nhospitals in rural areas to transplant programs<\/li>
  • Increase efficiency of the logistics involved in\nthe testing of blood and biological material to allocate organs and the\nrecovery of donated organs<\/li>
  • Continue to drive innovation and technology to\nbetter serve all patients, especially those located in rural areas<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cUncrewed Aerial System transportation is a technological\nbreakthrough that could improve organ recovery, allocation, and transportation\nto ensure patients, especially in rural areas of South Texas, receive the\nprecious Gift of Life,\u201d said Joseph Nespral, President and CEO of Texas Organ\nSharing Alliance. \u201cOur partnership with LifeGift, LifeShare, and the Matador\nUAS Consortium aligns with our mission and core values to use research and\ninnovation to drive performance improvements in the donation system and save\nmore lives through organ transplantation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA) the non-profit serving 56 counties in Central and South Texas, LifeGift in Houston, Texas, and LifeShare in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, have joined forces with the Matador Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) Consortium, co-developed by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and 2THEDGE, LLC., to conduct uncrewed aerial transport (UAS) testing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,62,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma","category-texas","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Texas-organ-sharing-3.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24165,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24159\/revisions\/24165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}