| MedPod | |
| self-diagnostic incubator | |
| diagnostic/surgical | |
| Weyland Personnel | |
| titanium alloy | |
| 1.11x103kgs | |
| nitrogen, oxygen | |
| 2.5m | |
| 1.2m | |
| 1.55m | |
| -20 - +50°C | |
Name
A MedPod is a 720i self-diagnostic incubator, and is in use in the film Prometheus.
A form of MedPod also appears in Alien (film), Alien 3 (film), Alien Resurrection (film) and Aliens v Predator 3 (video game).
Description
MedPods are an apparatus for self-diagnostic and are fully-automated diagnosis and surgical stations.
Construction
Made from a titanium alloy, a MedPod features an airtight operating shield, laser scalpel, liquid spray anesthetic and oxygen, carbon-dioxide and nitrogen-oxide supply.
Tactical Uses
MedPods are used as a fully-automated diagnosis and surgical station.
Characteristics
Reference stats table.
Appearance
Appearances in the following;
Prometheus (film)
Variations
Alien (film)
Alien 3 (film)
Alien Resurrection (film)
Aliens v Predator 3 (video game)
Interactions
Prometheus (film)
When Shaw realizes she is pregnant and wants the thing removed, she programs a
MedPod so it can be extracted. A quick procedure which is over in
minutes leaving the creature decontaminating, leaving the creature thinking it is dead.
Later when the Escape Craft lands, Shaw goes there for supplies, she finds the creature
has grown unchecked, when the Terraformer follows Shaw she releases the MedPod Bay doors just as he approaches and the creature grabs and impregnates the Terraformer killing him.
Deployment
MedPods are available in the following;
Deployed on Prometheus and Earth in Prometheus (film).
Deployed on BG386 in the Research Lab in Aliens v Predator 3 (video game).
Continuity
Various
Alien (film), Alien 3 (film),
Alien Resurrection (film) and
Aliens v Predator 3 (video game) MedPods
don't feature an airtight operating shield and are of different construction.
Alien 3 (film)
Ripley uses her stasis' medical scanner that was inbuilt into her stasis unit, scanning for any foreign body that she might have had, mainly for a Chest Burster she feared might be there.
Project Prometheus
FDA Approves MedPod for At-Home Use,
since FDA approval (June 30, 2070), one dozen have been produced.
MedPod 720i Patented, Weyland Industries earns patent (September 2, 2061) number 16,572,092 for Method and Apparatus for the first fully-automated diagnosis and surgical station.
Prometheus (film)
MedPods are self-diagnostic incubators which open from the middle, in the film
Prometheus a MedPod
is used for extracing a creature from inside Shaws' womb. This creature
is squid like and grows rapidly.
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Concept
Originally the MedPods shared an appearance with the stasis units from the film Alien aboard the Narcissus and Nostromo, later sliding and elevating mechanisms were brought in and the units were configured centrally in a MedPod bay aboard Prometheus.
Production
James McKeown senior prop maker on Prometheus at Pinewood Studios worked on all aspects of the medical bay's MedPod (720i) and RT01 ATV's seating and interior. Interfaces (UIs) in filming as Shaw was programming operations were projected in real time and made by Territory Studios and Inventing Interactive this also included the in pod's internal displays. The VFX of the automated surgery in the MedPod was produced by Weta Digital who created the CGI robotic arms which were filmed with both prosthetic and CGI body parts, this included the final surgical procedure with an automated prop of the small Trilobite.
See also
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