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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04202010 - C.36RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of Health Services Department, to execute a blanket Purchase Order with PRI Medical Technologies, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $200,000, to rent equipment and supplies for endoscopic sinus procedures at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period from February 28, 2010 through February 28, 2012. FISCAL IMPACT: 100% Enterprise Fund I. BACKGROUND: PRI Medical Technologies, Inc. provides the Insta Trak System that is used in endoscopic sinus procedures and urologic surgeries. The Insta Trak System uses a computer specialized software and electromagnetic tracking system to help the surgeon perform procedures as precisely as possible. The system software builds a computerized model of your skull’s anatomy with APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 04/20/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Anna Roth, 370-5101 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: April 20, 2010 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: KATHERINE SINCLAIR, Deputy cc: Tasha Scott, Barbara Borbon, Rhonda Goss C.36 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:April 20, 2010 Contra Costa County Subject:Blanket Purchase Order with PRI Medical Technologies BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) CT scans taken prior to surgery. The tracking system links the surgical instruments that will be used during the procedure to the computer. In urology, the urologist inserts a cystoscope or ureterscope into the patient’s urethra either directly or over a guide wire to locate the target kidney, ureter or bladder stone. Once the stone is located, a thin fiberoptic is introduced into the working channel of the endoscope and is advanced until it comes into contact with the stone and disintegrates or fragments.