First Drone Delivered Kidney Transplanted Into Patient

In a first, a donated kidney was delivered by a drone for a transplant procedure and was carried out in 5 minutes.

Researchers from University of Maryland made history when a drone delivered a donated kidney which was then successfully transplanted into a patient for the first time.

According to an article by CNN, the unmanned drone delivery was developed by researchers, physicians and aviation and engineering experts from the University of Maryland school of medicine, University of Maryland and the living legacy foundation of Maryland.