The Smart Pod® Platform is a deployable, expandable shipping container-based medical facility to serve the critical dual purpose of enabling everyday community-based care and being rapidly redeployed for emergency use

Current Smart Pod Applications

  • BSL-2 Laboratory

  • BSL-3 Laboratory

  • Hospital Ward

  • Isolation Clinic (for COVID & other airborne communicable diseases)

  • Mental Health

  • Pharmacy

  • Primary Care

  • Surgery Obstetrics / Labor & Delivery

  • Women’s Health

Differentiating features

Dual purpose solution

  • Everyday care to emergency response redeployment

  • GPS tracking enables location ID, rapid response

Medically smart

  • Designed and configured by clinicians from Baylor College of Medicine

  • Volumetric modeling by engineers from NASA

Nimble and Fast

  • Flexible product platform

  • Rapid deployment – 4 people can manually open unit in <20 minutes; equipment shipped inside the unit

User-friendly design

  • Patient and provider centric

  • Multiple optimized configurations

Robust structure

  • Designed to meet ISO intermodal shipping container standards

  • Flexible deployment – by truck, helicopter, ship, train

Adaptable and scalable

  • Create multi-unit interconnected structure

  • Connect to utilities or operate off-grid

Clinical focus

  • Tele-mentoring/tele-guidance from Baylor College of Medicine clinicians

  • Wireless capability; smart integration into existing infrastructure

Infection control features

  • Bipolar ionization technology to remove airborne pollutants and pathogens, UV-C light for cross-contamination areas

  • Aseptic cleanroom walls, antimicrobial flooring