I have a question for Alan, and the list in general, on the subject of
Medical liability.  It has been my own practice to refuse projects related
to medical technology, specifically anything that touches a patient.  I do
this because I have no errors and omissions insurance.  I do not have that
insurance because when I ask the price, the insurance people laugh and tell
me that if I have to ask, they won't waste their time.  Too expensive for
me, they say.  One fellow put a non-committal stake in the ground and said
US$5000 per year.  The question for alan is, when I work as a contractor
doing design on anything human safety related, do I incur some of the
liability for the product?  And is there anyone out there that has had any +
or - experiences with this subject?

Thanks..
Chris Eddy
Pioneer Microsystems, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
www.nb.net/~ceddy

Boston Medical Technologies wrote:

> I'm looking for the services of a PICster to help me complete a
> project.  Unfortunately, I can't get too specific about the project
> without a signed non-disclosure agreement, but, in general, it involves:
>
> 1. Sampling some analog information
> 2. Deriving some info from the analog signal
> 3. Sending the derived info out to a serial port
>
> If you are interested and think that you have the relevent experience
> (using a PIC with A/D conversion and serial I/O in a real-time
> situation, with a small amount of analog electronics interfacing),
> please send me information directly (i.e., not through the newsgroup).
>
> Compensation will be based on experience, and we could do it on an
> hourly or flat-rate basis.
>
> This would probably be a fantastic part-time project for someone with
> the right experience!  (I would love to do it myself, but I'm up to my
> ears in other stuff)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan Cohen