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Pneumatic Tubes

Published:   June 6, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:03:27

WHOOSH! Leander Robinson gives the details on Stanford Hospital's pneumatic system—metal tubes that use flowing air to transport medications, tissue samples, blood, and other small objects around the hospital campus, as far as a quarter-mile away. 

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Stanford, Stanford hospital, pneumatic, pneumatic tubes, Leander Robinson, Hector Thierry, systems, engineering, transportation, medications, specimens, pressurized

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