Recurring Meeting of the Advisory Board

Date(s): October 28 - November 1, 2013

Due to scheduling conflicts, the group meeting with the Advisory Board members were scheduled on an individual basis with each member. Please refer to Meeting Minutes for more details.

TableOfContents

Progress Report

Project Specific Aims

Project Infrastructure

Project Contact

Advisory Board

Progress Period

Development Team during Progress Period

See https://simtk.org/project/xml/team.xml?group_id=485 for full details on the project team.

Goals of Progress Period

For more details, see the proposed timeline of the proposal in attachment:GrantInformation/proposal.pdf.

Activities of Progress Period

For a complete list of various tasks (finished or in progress), please refer to https://simtk.org/pm/?group_id=485.

Plans for Next Progress Period (October 29, 2013 - May 2014)

For more details, see the proposed timeline of the proposal in attachment:GrantInformation/proposal.pdf.

Meeting Minutes

Date, Time, Means:

Attendees:

  1. Ahmet Erdemir (Cleveland Clinic)
  2. Jason Halloran (Cleveland Clinic)
  3. Jack Andrish (Cleveland Clinic)
  4. Morgan Jones (Cleveland Clinic)
  5. Paul Saluan (Cleveland Clinic)
  6. Carl Winalski (Cleveland Clinic)
  7. Yasin Dhaher (Northwestern University)
  8. Trent Guess (University of Missouri)
  9. Rami Korhonen (University of Eastern Finland)

Agenda:

  1. Project description
  2. Expectations from Advisory Board
  3. Progress update
  4. Scheduling of biannual meetings
  5. Action items for following meeting
  6. Other

Immediate Action Items:

See notes for details.

Notes:

  1. Due to scheduling conflicts, a series of meetings were conducted to inform the Advisory Board about Open Knee(s) activities and get feedback.
  2. Project description.
    • Ahmet iterated the specific aims of the project. He summarized the organization between (and roles of) Cleveland Clinic, Stanford University, and University of Utah teams and the Advisory Board and the community. Public nature of the project and the open development approach were emphasized.
  3. Expectations from Advisory Board.
    • The expected role of Advisory Board members were summarized.
      • Biannual review of progress report.
      • Biannual meeting with Ahmet Erdemir to evaluate progress and provide input for upcoming activities.
      • Intermittent, possibly individual, interactions with team members to consult on relevant specific activities to accomplish components of Open Knee(s).
    • Paul Saluan noted that additional individual meetings (maybe quarterly) with Advisory Board members may be useful.
  4. Progress update.
    • The progress report was summarized and relevant individual items were discussed in detail.
    • Target specimen population and specimen acquisition was a major topic of discussions.
      • Many Advisory Board members raised the suitability of an Open Knee(s) specimen to represent the target population. Ahmet Erdemir emphasized that logistically this is not possible to warrant before testing. Specimen acquisition can ensure age, gender, and osteoarthritis level requirements. As the experimentation goes on, one can utilize imaging and mechanical testing data to see how a given specimen fits to a certain population.
      • Paul Saluan runs the surgical skills laboratory at the Cleveland Clinic. Specimens may be acquired through that channel. If necessary, one-to-one specimen exchange may be possible to allow Open Knee(s) team access to specimens with desired specifications. Specimens in Paul Saluan's other scientific studies may also be used for Open Knee(s).
    • Some Advisory Board members noted additional tissues of interest, which may need to be included in experimentation and modeling.
      • Per Paul Saluan, the illiotibial tract (IT band) may need to be explored. The IT band has importance for knee stabilization. It may be possible to include secondary testing conditions to joint and tissue experimentation to quantify mechanics of the IT band.
  5. Scheduling of biannual meetings.
    • The Advisory Board agreed on the scheduling of biannual meetings to evaluate progress; in late October - early November, and in late April - early May.
    • As indicated by the clinicians of the Advisory Board, advanced notice may be necessary to schedule group meetings, e.g., two months before the meeting.
    • Paul Saluan can also meet quarterly, for example by arranging early morning meetings at Yours Truly.
  6. Action items for following meeting.
    • Each Advisory Board member were asked to get an account in simtk.org. Ahmet will add them as team members to give them write access to the project site.
    • The Advisory Board members will familiarize themselves with the project site. They will provide feedback on the ease navigation of the site.
    • The Advisory Board members were also encouraged to comment on current progress and planned activities in case they did not raise such issues during these meetings.
  7. Other.
    • Ahmet informed the members from the Cleveland Clinic that a desk space was made available in the Biomechanics Laboratory of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
    • Paul Saluan has interests in growth plate, MPFL, ACL reconstructions. Open Knee(s) may be useful to branch into experimentation, and modeling and simulation in these directions.