Drones for health care are already underway in other arenas. Lung Biotechnology and Ehang Holdings announced a collaboration to develop up to 1,000 versions of the Ehang 184, the first AUV for humans, to help automate organ transplant delivery.

"We anticipate delivering hundreds of organs a day, which means that the system will help save not only tens of thousands of lives, but also many millions of gallons of aviation transport gasoline annually," Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of Lung Biotechnology, said in a statement.

In addition, in April a patent concerning a dispatch system able to call for a drone flight on demand was awarded to Google. This may have given the search giant a leg up on the competition when it comes to delivery of medical gear to remote locations.

Matternet is another player in the medical drone market. Oliver Evans, Matternet’s head of global business development, stated in April, “We believe the value of new technology is most valuable where it is clearly needed.” He added, according the HCB News, “That’s why we wanted to focus on drones delivering medicine and not delivering pizzas.”

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