Healthcare

Healthcare

See how drones are innovating the healthcare sector

Antibody Engineering

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Tissue Therapeutics

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Machine Learning

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OUR APPROACH

Integrating Drones Into Healthcare

  • Drones could transform NHS logistics working together to supply solutions at scale.
  • PwC analysis (Jan ‘21) showed cost savings of over 20%, notwithstanding social and societal benefits of bringing healthcare into the home, speed and flexibility of delivery.
  • These have carried different payloads, including medical supplies, samples or even telemedicine.
HOW WE SUCCEED

Barriers To Success

  • Drones can’t see planes and other manned traffic such as gliders, especially at a low level
  • There is no safe way of everyone seeing each other at the moment, so healthcare can’t realise the benefits of drones.
  • Aviation regulations mean a drone can only be flown within visual line of sight (VLOS) i.e. 500m.
  • It takes 3-6 months to enable a temporary air corridor to fly further than CLOSE – and it only lasts 90 days.
CHALLENGES

Overcoming Obstacles

  • Trials have now demonstrated ground-based sensors can overcome the VLOS limitation.
  • A network of sensors enables long-range deliveries that would support the NHS.
  • These sensors can be paid for by drone flight fees, so can be provided commercially by third parties.
  • This needs an infrastructure beyond demonstrations as a part of the government’s technology road map.
  • This approach requires collaboration with multiple stakeholders with the appropriate involvement of NHS decision makers to influence a wider strategy.
GROWTH

Investment In Infrastructure

  • Neuron delivers an aviation surveillance as a service (SuaaS) solution that ensures safe separation of aircraft through the integration of data.
  • A future sensor network can power use cases in multiple sectors so cost is not just borne by the NHS but all NHS use cases can be covered.
  • This approach needs be rolled out with ports, councils and infrastructure owners besides the NHS.
  • Neurons business model allows the technology and infrastructure to be paid for alongside a robust governance process that ensures transparency of costs and the highest safety and security standards.

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