Chief,
You wrote:- Realistically, if you went into the hospital to have an operation to have a vasectomy/tubes tied (ouch!!/youch) you wouldn't expect some guy to stand on your chest and drive a needle into your sternum, would you?!! So this market would then be reduced to $50,000,000 (1/5 of 250)
I can't for the life of me figure out your logic. It was never stated that FAST! was intended for such use and would not be included in the market study when they came up with the $250,000,000. Why would you want to cut it by a 1/5? Where in the hell did you get the 1/5 from anyway?
The FAST! is intended for trauma cases and a vasectomy sure as hell isn't a trauma case.
Something I have wondered about is how many units may be stocked in an ambulance or emergency room. Take the case of an ambulance who would be dealing mostly with trauma cases. Would they have onboard 1, 2, or X number of units. If they picked up a trauma case and delivered them to a hospital, the FAST1 would likely stay in place for a certain time. Is the ambulance going to go back out on the road without a unit onboard? No. They may find it would be most practical to have up to 5 units on hand should they be called to some disaster with multiple patients. The same would apply to Army field units.
I could go on and on about this, but I think you get my drift.
Cheers, |
