The final frontier? Exploring organ transportation by drone

Technical, immunologic, and patient care advancements have improved transplant outcomes, but geography and organ transportation remain impediments to access to transplantation. Organs are moved using a complex network of couriers, commercial aircraft, and transplant personnel. Reliance on commercial aircraft schedules and couriers add cold ischemia time (CIT) and may prohibit transplantation altogether.1 Private charters can be used, however this comes at great expense. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.