• RecurringMeetings
• 2017-08-22

Recurring Meeting of Cleveland Clinic Core Team

Date: August 22, 2017

Time: 2:00 PM EST

Means: In person meeting

Attendees:

1. Ahmet Erdemir
2. Tammy Owings
3. Tyler Schimmoeller
4. Rici Morrill
5. Benjamin Landis
6. Robb Colbrunn
7. Tara Bonner
8. Andrew Kihyun Cho (Plastic Surgery Research Fellow)

Agenda:

1. Discuss immediate action items from past meetings.

   • http://wiki.simtk.org/multis/RecurringMeetings/2017-08-15

2. Manuscripts update.
3. In vitro testing progress.

4. Modeling & simulation progress.

5. Decide immediate action items for next meeting.
6. Other.

Immediate Action Items:

• Tyler
  • Develop photographing protocols for mechanical tissue and surgical tool testing.
  • Continue developing specifications for in vitro experimentation using surgical tools.
  • Continue developing tissue testing specifications.
  • Continue writing manuscript on instrumented ultrasound.
  • Continue in vitro experimentation using instrumented ultrasound.
• Rici
  • Continue writing manuscript on in vivo testing data.
• Ben
  • Continue developing modeling specifications.

  • Continue developing manuscript on scripted model generation & assembly.

• Ahmet
  • Compile haptics libraries and SofaHAPI.
• All
  • Add conference abstracts and posters to the repository with links at the wiki.

Notes:

1. Discuss immediate action items from past meetings.
   • All action items were related to the recurring agenda items; refer to discussions below.
2. Manuscripts update.
   • Tyler continued writing the second draft of the instrumented ultrasound paper. The results, discussion, and conclusion remain to be rewritten.
   • Rici finished an introduction to the draft of in vivo testing data manuscript and continues to develop the other sections.
   • Ben continued literature review and continues to develop the manuscript on automation of model assembly.
3. In vitro testing progress.
   • In vitro ultrasound experimentation are now complete until specimens from younger donors are acquired.
   • Tyler began development of tissue testing specifications using Mach-1 testing system:
     • Analysis scripts from Open Knee(s) are being adapted for 3-axis data output.
     • The third loading axis has arrived from Biomomentum, Inc.
     • Tyler ordered 2 stage adapters.
     • A decision must be made on bath type (tube vs cube) and height. In the meantime Tyler will use equipment from the Open Knee(s) project.
   • The group discussed revised instrumented surgical tool procedures, going over the initial specifications drafted by Tyler.
     • A sequential approach will be adapted - cutting/retracting skin, cutting/retracting full depth fat, cutting/retracting muscle, cutting/retracting full-depth (to the bone) muscle), peeling.
     • Video and images should be recorded before, during and after tests.
     • A sample of skin may be sent to histology and imaging facilities for accurate thickness analysis.
     • A suturing protocol may be added after full thickness skin dissection for quantification of suturing loads.

4. Modeling & simulation progress.

   • Ben began investigating gravity compensation in the in silico models.
5. Decide immediate action items for next meeting.
   • See Immediate Action Items above.
6. Other.
   • Andrew, a plastic surgery research fellow, has started joining the meetings. Andrew will help experimentation using surgical tools.
   • Tammy will likely help with image segmentation and tissue testing tasks, depending on the need.