Ongoing documentation of project progress.
Weekly report 11/15/2024:
Significant progress on the progress report was made during work sessions on 11/12 and 11/14. All main content except explanation of medical device standards and description of one chosen solution component has been completed. Chassis design was refined significantly on 11/14, and detailed CAD is in the works. Formatting and some Appendix content remain, and the report is on-track to be completed by Sunday 11/17. Work on the Progress presentation will also start this weekend.
Weekly report 11/8/2024:
CW, KT, SB met Sunday 11/3 to format initial budget, system architecture, and pseudocode into slidedeck to present to clients on 11/5.
Presented updates to clients on 11/5. Went extremely well, clients had no issues or complaints, only minor clarifications which were readily answered.
SB chunked a decent portion of the progress report on 11/7.
All Group 24 members met Tuesday 10/29 to begin progress report. Budget, system architecture, and IP were also discussed; the team will have a rough budget delivered to the clients by 11/5 and will discuss IP if time allows. System architecture needs to be more “fleshed out,” so CW and SB will meet p.m. of 11/1 to dedicate some time. A tentative meeting on Sunday 11/3 from 8-9:30pm has been scheduled if necessary to ensure deliverables are complete before client meeting on 11/5.
Group 24 team meeting on 10/21: CW, SB brought KT up to speed on current working design ideas, adjusted based on feedback. Also refined possible workflow for device usage. Collected current thinking into slide deck to present to clients on 10/22.
10/22 All-team meeting: CW, SB, KT presented current findings (current actuation/translation measurement design, workflow, chassis thoughts) to CG and DW. Discussed issue of STA, DW indicated it might be reasonable to ignore it. Biggest issue with current design is assumption of soft tissue homogeneity around R/U, and tendon mass on volar side of arm, but general consensus is that our working design is definitely on the right track.
Packaging and workflow were also well received, and our next all-team meeting deliverable alongside design updates will be budget estimations.
Mostly uneventful week. Unable to have full group meeting on Tuesday 10/15 due to scheduling conflicts. Friday 10/18 meeting will be longer to compensate. Will continue to brainstorm/discuss design ideas, specifically translation and force application methods.
Held an all-team meeting Tuesday 10/8, discussed project updates, next steps. Conclusions: likely not worth time investment to speak to a lot of external ortho personnel, testing pronated forearm position is most important, other positions are a “nice to have”
SB, KT, CW met on Wednesday 10/9, primarily discussed force application and displacement tracking methods. Determined 5 methods for force application and 5 for displacement tracking, although they still need extensive investigation.
SB & CW met Friday 10/11 to further discuss displacement tracking methods.
SB, KT, CW met on Tuesday 10/1 for CW to practice preliminary presentation.
CW delivered preliminary presentation on 10/2, general consensus that it went well.
Had some preliminary discussion on joint monitoring/tracking systems, otherwise not much else this week.
Will work over the weekend to have website up and running by 10/9.
KT and CW met with Dr. Goldfarb on Sunday 9/22 in-response to correspondence from last week.
Dr. Goldfarb demonstrated (and explained) the DRUJ ballottement test. Video was taken and is stored in LabNotebooks.
We also reviewed our need statement, project scope, design specs, and stakeholders with Dr. Goldfarb. Appropriate changes were made.
Full summary of the meeting can be found in appropriate LabNotebooks page.
KT, CW, SB met for regularly scheduled meeting on 9/24. Had another meeting with Dr. Goldfarb and two new people, Dr. David Wright and Dr. Michele Christy. Wright and Christy both work with Dr. Goldfarb, and Dr. Wright developed the first DRUJ instability quantification rig. Detailed discussion of design requirements, budgetary concerns, and possible design approaches. Also discussed device data output for building DRUJ instability measurement database for future use. Finally, established biweekly meeting time with CG, DW, MC for Tuesdays 8:30-9PM.
After the meeting, CW and SB further discussed possible design approaches.
CW & SB met remotely on Wednesday 9/25 to work on preliminary report.
Report was finished afternoon of 9/27. Transitioning to work on preliminary presentation due 9/29.
Met on Tuesday 9/17:
– Reviewed feedback on project scope assignment and addressed comments regarding need statement, project scope, and design specifications. Updated versions of all of these can be found in the appropriate locations within LabNotebooks.
– Began work on the preliminary report due 9/27. Mainly did research on existing DRUJ assessment methods. Still need to investigate/determine stakeholders for our project, and settle on a good approach for the background section. Need statement, scope, design specs, schedule, and team responsibilities just need to be migrated from LabNotebooks and formatted properly, with some minor tweaks.
– Communicated with Dr. Goldfarb to set up a meeting discussing existing clinical methods of DRUJ assessment to better understand the gap in the field, and also get feedback on our preliminary design specs to see if there’s any gaps.
Planning to have a decent first pass of the report ready to go by next Tuesday 9/24, then make corrections and begin working on the presentation.
Met on Tuesday 9/10 to refine need statement, project scope, and preliminary design specifications. Communicated with Dr. Goldfarb about design specs. Also discussed tentative team roles, which are summarized as follows:
- CW: Frontend software development, research lead, website lead
- SB: CAD, mechanical testing, primary scribe
- KT: backend sensor/device integration, primary liaison
Decided to make Tuesday 7-9pm our primary meeting time for this project. Also discussed having an “optional” lunchtime meeting on Fridays at noon.
Finalized client and preliminary project idea. Established team norms and preliminary distribution of responsibilities.