Quantifying the Effects of Vibration on Medicines in Transit Caused by Fixed-Wing and Multi-Copter Drones

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作者
Oakey, Andrew [1 ]
Waters, Tim [2 ]
Zhu, Wanqing [3 ]
Royall, Paul G. [3 ]
Cherrett, Tom [1 ]
Courtney, Patrick [4 ]
Majoe, Dennis [5 ]
Jelev, Nickolay [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Transportat Res Grp, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Inst Sound & Vibrat Res, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[3] Kings Coll London, Dept Pharm, Fac Life Sci & Med, Inst Pharmaceut Sci, London SE1 9NH, England
[4] Tec Connect, D-78467 Constance, Germany
[5] Mot Robot, Southampton SO30 3DS, Hants, England
[6] Univ Southampton, Computat Engn & Design Res Grp, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
drone; UAV; vibration; insulin; medicine; logistics; healthcare; dangerous goods; blood; TRANSPORTATION; TEMPERATURE;
D O I
10.3390/drones5010022
中图分类号
TP7 [遥感技术];
学科分类号
081102 ; 0816 ; 081602 ; 083002 ; 1404 ;
摘要
The concept of transporting medical products by drone is gaining a lot of interest amongst the medical and logistics communities. Such innovation has generated several questions, a key one being the potential effects of flight on the stability of medical products. The aims of this study were to quantify the vibration present within drone flight, study its effect on the quality of the medical insulin through live flight trials, and compare the effects of vibration from drone flight with traditional road transport. Three trials took place in which insulin ampoules and mock blood stocks were transported to site and flown using industry standard packaging by a fixed-wing or a multi-copter drone. Triaxial vibration measurements were acquired, both in-flight and during road transit, from which overall levels and frequency spectra were derived. British Pharmacopeia quality tests were undertaken in which the UV spectra of the flown insulin samples were compared to controls of known turbidity. In-flight vibration levels in both the drone types exceeded road induced levels by up to a factor of three, and predominant vibration occurred at significantly higher frequencies. Flown samples gave clear insulin solutions that met the British Pharmacopoeia specification, and no aggregation of insulin was detected.
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