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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 4 to the agreement (A-13524) with Meta Dynamic, Inc. for rental of neurosurgery equipment plus associated services, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (April 15, 2020 through April 14, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of April 15, 2015 through April 14, 2022, and adding $200,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $475,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 4 to the agreement (A-13524) with Meta Dynamic, Inc. for rental of neurosurgery equipment plus associated services, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (April 15, 2020 through April 14, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of April 15, 2015 through April 14, 2022, and adding $200,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $475,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Intraoperative image guided navigational surgery (IGS) allows the surgeon to operate within a surgical site whose standard anatomical landmarks may be ambiguous because of tumor, infection, fracture or previous surgery. Studies suggest that IGS may result in decreased complications, increased disease removal, decreased length of stay and in some cases decreased operative time.
Meta Dynamic supplies the Neuro Navigation system which includes the equipment, hardware and software to perform image guided neurosurgery. Digital patient data is uploaded from the computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) located at Natividad Medical Center to the Neuro Navigation system in the Operating Room (OR) assisting the surgeon in identifying the right surgical approach and more specifically landmarks. Surgeons are guided through procedures with real time data allowing for smaller skull a...
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