Recurring Meeting of Cleveland Clinic Core Team
Date: October 29, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM EST
Means: In person meeting
Attendees:
- Ahmet Erdemir
- Jason Halloran
- Snehal Chokhandre
- Robb Colbrunn
- Tara Bonner
Agenda:
- Discuss assigned tasks progress.
- Decide meeting agenda and time for tissue testing equipment purchase.
- Decide action items for next meeting.
- Other
Immediate Action Items:
See notes for details.
All
Notes:
- Discuss assigned tasks progress.
- Specimen specifications
ScienceCare can provide x-rays for assessment of osteoarthritis severity before order confirmation.
- Snehal will update the specifications and request price information for 'pelvis to toe' specimens.
- Some knee specimens used in the pivot shift test (Dr. Saluan) may be used in this project if they fit the need.
- Suitable specimens from the surgical skills lab may also be used if needed.
- Ahmet send the quote for Mach-1 tissue testing machine (Biomomentum, Inc) to Tara,Robb and Snehal and is awaiting response from NIH regarding equipment purchase.
- Specimen specifications
- Discuss tissue testing equipment purchase.
- The overall expected cost for minimum required tissue testing (excluding indirect expenses) for 6 specimens is approximately $36k.
- The goals is find the most cost effective solution.
- Paying weekly or monthly for using the existing equipment may not be optimal since we will not be continuously testing all the specimens.
- A more open access to the testing equipment is desirable in order to test more samples without the expenses exceeding the proposed budget.
- New testing equipment may be purchased for the project which can also be used by the Bio-robotics core for other projects (fee for service).
- The testing equipment from Biomometum Inc. is being considered which may provide a cost effective option to perform tissues testing for the project.
- Robb,Tara and Snehal will talk to the Biomomentum engineers to make sure the testing equipment meets the project needs.