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MobiHealth News May 24, 2024
Patients of the medical center’s hospital-at-home program in Minnesota and Florida will be able to receive home deliveries via Zipline’s drones.
Zipline, an instant logistics and delivery company, announced that its urban drone delivery system, Platform 2, will be used by Mayo Clinic facilities in Jacksonville, Florida, and Rochester, Minnesota, to deliver items to patients of the medical center’s hospital-at-home program.
Platform 2 is an autonomous electric delivery drone that can hold eight pounds of cargo and travel 10 miles within 10 minutes. The system combines fixed-wing flight with hovering propellers, and a small mini-aircraft or “droid” lowers packages from 330 feet to a space as small as a doorstep.
Through Mayo Clinic’s Advanced Care at Home program,...
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