Fwd: Spare Laparoscope?

[Zach McKinney]

Hey Team -

Sorry I've been radio silent from the trail here. 'Been following along, and it all sounds like exciting stuff!

See forwarded convo below for answers about cost (~$5k) and frequency of laparoscope replacement.

Cheers,

-Zach->

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Dutson, Erik M.D." <EDu...@mednet.ucla.edu>
Date: May 23, 2013, 1:58:59 PM GMT+07:00
To: "Briones, Jasmine" <JBri...@mednet.ucla.edu>, Zach McKinney <zbmck...@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Spare Laparoscope?

thanks so much Jasmine, much appreciated

Erik P. Dutson, MD, FACS
Chief, UCLA Section of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
http://bariatrics.ucla.edu
Associate Professor of Surgery
Executive Medical Director, CASIT
http://casit.ucla.edu/
Phone: (310) 206-7235
Fax: (310) 267-4632

________________________________________
From: Briones, Jasmine
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:39 PM
To: Dutson, Erik M.D.; Zach McKinney
Subject: RE: Spare Laparoscope?

Dr. Dutson,
 Sorry for my delay in responding. A laparoscope cost is approximately $5000. We send out two scopes a month for repair due to lens fogging up or a chip at the distal end, etc.
 Please contact me if I can be of any additional assistance.


Jasmine Briones, RN, MSN, CNOR
Administrative Nurse IV, Main OR
Ronald-Reagan UCLA Medical Center
office: (310) 267-8861
fax: (310)267-3609
email: jbri...@mednet.ucla.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Dutson, Erik M.D.
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:22 PM
To: Zach McKinney; Briones, Jasmine
Subject: RE: Spare Laparoscope?

Hi, Zach.  Glad you found it; I was actually looking for it this afternoon to show a couple of grad students working on a similar project, but related to cleaning the scope.

The scope will last forever if treated properly.  They are usually not treated properly, so it will depend on handling, number of cases, etc.  It's hard for me to hazard a guess because of wide variability.  I have cc'd Jasmine Briones, who may have a better idea than me because she deals with replacement issues.

Jasmine--how often do you think we replace laparoscopes in the OR?  I think any estimate would help, thanks so much.

Let me know if you get what you need.

Erik P. Dutson, MD, FACS
Chief, UCLA Section of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery http://bariatrics.ucla.edu Associate Professor of Surgery Executive Medical Director, CASIT http://casit.ucla.edu/
Phone: (310) 206-7235
Fax: (310) 267-4632

________________________________________
From: Zach McKinney [zbmck...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:09 PM
To: Dutson, Erik M.D.
Subject: Re: Spare Laparoscope?

Hello Dr. Dutson -

I was indeed able to find an angled laparoscope in one of the CASIT cabinets, just as you described - thanks for the lead!

As a follow-up question, how often do you estimate that laparoscopes are replaced in a typical OR?  Our project group is trying to cobble together a business plan and to hazard a guess at some financial forecasts.

Many thanks,
-Zach->


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Dutson, Erik M.D. <EDu...@mednet.ucla.edu<mailto:EDu...@mednet.ucla.edu>> wrote:
Hi, Zach.  There used to be a 10mm 0 and 30 degree scope.  I would suggest looking in the wooden furniture/glass cabinets.  I think that's the last place I saw them, or on the daVinci cart.

Erik P. Dutson, MD, FACS
Chief, UCLA Section of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery http://bariatrics.ucla.edu Associate Professor of Surgery Executive Medical Director, CASIT http://casit.ucla.edu/
Phone: (310) 206-7235<tel:%28310%29%20206-7235>
Fax: (310) 267-4632<tel:%28310%29%20267-4632>

________________________________________
From: Zach McKinney [zbmck...@gmail.com<mailto:zbmck...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 5:11 PM
To: Dutson, Erik M.D.
Subject: Spare Laparoscope?

Hello Dr. Dutson -

New question for you: do you have (or have any recommendation for where we could acquire) an old laparosope that nobody else has any further use for?

My group for the Advancing Bioengineering Innovation class is looking to make a mockup/prototype for the camera end of an MIS-compatible intraoperative fluorescence lifetime imaging system.  The ultimate design would be compatible with the DaVinci, but I gather that the DaVinci scope is not a cheap or disposable component that would likely be lying around discarded, correct?

At any rate, we're mostly interested in the lens end (what's inserted in the body) and do not necessarily need the actual camera part of the scope.  Functionality is also desirable but not necessary.  So far I've looked pretty extensively in the CASIT storage annex and been able to find plenty of surgical tools, and even a flexible endoscope, but not a rigid laparoscope.  Any materials or leads that you could provide would be most helpful.

Big thanks, and have a great weekend!

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Zach McKinney
CASIT: Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Suite BH-826
(310) 748-0014<tel:%28310%29%20748-0014>

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Zach McKinney
CASIT: Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Suite BH-826
(310) 748-0014

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