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Defibrillator delivered to the scene by drone; Copyright: NIHR

NIHR

Drones save lives as flying first responders

03.11.2025

Drones automatically take off after an emergency call and deliver the defibrillator directly to where it is needed.
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Four images showing a drone delivering defibrillators to emergency patients; Copyright: University of Warwick

University of Warwick

Drones deliver defibrillators in cardiac emergencies

18.09.2025

Researchers have tested drone delivery of defibrillators to cardiac arrest patients, offering faster response in rural areas.
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Image: Miniature defibrillator

CellAED

CellAED: success that started at MEDICA

02.10.2023

Rapid Response Revival (RRR) began as a start-up at MEDICA and returned in 2023 with a finished product.
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Image: Man on a treatment table under a radiation therapy device; Copyright: panthermedia.net/adriaticphoto

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Cardiac arrhythmia: treatment in the linear accelerator

08.04.2019

Cardiac arrhythmia is a group of conditions where nerve cells trigger uncontrolled contractions of the heart muscle. They are treated with either medicine or catheter ablation of the tissue. In an interdisciplinary collaboration, cardiologists and radiotherapists took a different approach and used high-precision radiation therapy to treat a patient for whom the other options proved unfeasible.
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