Usage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Medical Services: A Review

KOZIOŁ, A.

doi:10.21741/9781644902059-42

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“…BVLOS operations offer new means of delivering value-added services via a wide range of applications, ranging from remote sensing for object detection and tracking [6]; search and rescue operations; disaster and crisis management [7]; precision agriculture [8]; or environmental monitoring [9] to logistics and industrial applications such as freight transportation [10] or the delivery of medical supplies [11]. This 'plateau of productivity' holds particular promise but demands new technical and regulatory capabilities to support drone operations in long range as well as UAS operation in the future high volumes of air traffic.…”

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Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

Politi,

Purucker,

Larsen

et al. 2024

Electronics

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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have rapidly gained attraction in recent years as a promising solution to revolutionize numerous applications and meet the growing demand for efficient and timely delivery services due to their highly automated operation framework. Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, in particular, offer new means of delivering added-value services via a wide range of applications. This "plateau of productivity" holds enormous promise, but it is challenging to equip the drone with affordable technologies which support the BVLOS use case. To close this gap, this work showcases the convergence of the automotive and aviation industries to advance BVLOS aviation for UAS in a practical setting by studying a combination of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technologies and systems. A novel risk-based approach of investigating the key technological components, architectures, algorithms, and protocols is proposed that facilitate highly reliable and autonomous BVLOS operations, aiming to enhance the alignment between market and operational needs and to better identify integration requirements between the different capabilities to be developed.

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Section: Opportunities and Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

Politi,

Purucker,

Larsen

et al. 2024

Electronics

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“…Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones, have the unique ability to overcome the obstacle of geographic location with significant reduction in cold ischemic times [61]. In the current era, drone-delivery in the medical community has been used for delivery of biological samples, blood products, search and rescue, as well as automated external defibrillators (AED) [62,63]. In 2021, Scalea et al, reported the first successful delivery of a human kidney that was ultimately transplanted into a recipient [64].…”

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A Breath of Fresh Air - Lung Transplantation Has Come of Age

Keshavamurthy¹,

Russell²

2023

OBM Transplant

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A boundless spectrum of chronic lung diseases is said to effect over 500 million persons globally. Lung transplantation is a well-established therapeutic option for patients suffering from end-stage lung diseases, however waitlist mortality and primary graft failure remain major determinants as post-transplantation 5-year survival is just above 50 percent. Recent innovations in lung transplantation have been aimed at increasing organ availability, improving allograft quality, function, and longevity. Ex-vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) is an exciting modality responsible for multiple paths of lung allograft reconditioning as well as significantly extending preservation times. Mechanical circulatory support (MCS), specifically extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has consistently gained popularity not only for its use as a bridge to transplantation, but also its intraoperative role. In tandem, EVLP and ECMO have shown promising results in increasing the number of lung transplantations performed, therefore decreasing waitlist mortality. Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) and chronic lung allograft rejection (CLAD) continue to be the most feared predictors of poor outcomes. In this review we will highlight the historical progression of lung transplantation, its encumbrance, and the most recent advancements in promising techniques for long-term allograft protection and patient survival.

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Adaptive sliding mode control for vibration reduction on UAV carrying a payload

Geronel,

Bueno

2024

Journal of Vibration and Control

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used to transport a variety of payloads, including medical materials, foods, and different electronic devices. This type of innovation generates important concerns regarding payload integrity, mainly when involving medical goods that can be affected by vibration. This paper presents the flight dynamics of suspended payload carried by an UAV, considering a flexible attachment between a quadrotor and its payload. Adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) is proposed to enhance the trajectory tracking and consequently minimize the payload vibration. Adaptive coefficients are introduced to compensate the payload dynamics and uncertainties, which are computed for each proposed trajectory and cargo mass. The proposed adaptive control can efficiently compensate the extra dynamics and uncertainties caused by the attached payload, regardless of the chosen trajectory and weight of the cargo. A root mean square–based index is used to quantitatively evaluate the oscillations. The results show a significant attenuation of the undesired oscillations up to 27%, when the adaptive control is used. Therefore, the use of the proposed ASMC aims to guarantee an improved trajectory tracking and the attenuation of residual oscillations on the main state variables, allowing to be safely employed for transporting several types of medicines, including those sensitive to vibration and those that are dropped during a flight.

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Usage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Medical Services: A Review

Cited by 3 publications

References 24 publications

Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

Enabling Technologies for the Navigation and Communication of UAS Operating in the Context of BVLOS

A Breath of Fresh Air - Lung Transplantation Has Come of Age

Adaptive sliding mode control for vibration reduction on UAV carrying a payload

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