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Healthcare simulation of drone delivery of EpiPen<sup>®</sup> for anaphylaxis treatment
Healthcare simulation of drone delivery of EpiPen® for anaphylaxis treatment

Hemendra Worlikar, Kevin Johnson, Patrick Johnson, Spyridoula Maraka, Ian McCabe, Derek O’Keeffe
https://doi.org/10.54531/ASNI9805, , Pages: 1-3
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Worlikar,Johnson,Johnson,Maraka,McCabe,and O’Keeffe: Healthcare simulation of drone delivery of EpiPen® for anaphylaxis treatment

Declarations

Authors’ contributions

None declared.

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge funding through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) via Cúram—Ireland’s Centre for Research in Medical Devices (Research Centre Award Reference: 13/RC/2073) and through Industry Partnership with CISCO Systems Ireland Ltd. through its Community Digital Accelerator (CDA) Programme. Additional funding through the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) was gratefully received as part of the Future Tech Challenge award 2022.

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None declared.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

None declared.

Competing interests

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