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To: BARRY ALLEN who wrote (311)	4/20/1998 11:07:00 PM
From: GrandPohba	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 942

I could be wrong about the royalty distribution percentages. It has been at least 2 years since I had followed these two companies. I'm sure pappy would know the royalty split off of the top of his head...... As for the procedures being done bilaterally, I beg to differ. I had read that they were done seperately, just in case some sort of error occurred, the patient would not be completely blind, as he would still have one good eye left. Makes sense to me. There is always the possibility of human error, however small it may be. GP

To: BARRY ALLEN who wrote (311)	4/21/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: pappy	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 942

Mr. Allen: I believe you may have some things mixed up. Visx machines may or may not perform 70 % of all laser vision corrections in the U.S.- I would like to see the numbers. However, do not confuse procedures completed with royalties received. As GrandPohba correctly stated, BEAM and VISX receive royalties on a 44/56 split. Also, I question your statement that the procedures are done on both eyes. It is my understanding that both eyes are only done on the Sunrise Holmium machine, which was just approved in February 1998 to treat both eyes one after the other. In addition, that is a completely different type of machine from the excimer. Rather than ablate the tissue (cut it or shave it), the Sunrise machine shrinks the collagen which in turn corrects hyperopia (the long term results are still questionable-will the collagen come back?) If there is anyone that wants to correct me, that's fine-but show me facts. For your reading and review: biz.yahoo.com Pappy