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Biotech / Medical : IMAT - ultrafast tomography for coronary artery disease -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stock bull who wrote (2870)	1/11/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: David Meyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3725

2 million doesn't seem a lot if you can get folks coming in like this "Said they had appointments lined up every 20 mins @ $550 a pop and folks kept rolling in the door" quoted from here exchange2000.com

To: stock bull who wrote (2870)	1/11/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 3725

To get back their investment in 2 years. About 5.5 scans a day. The scan takes 30 seconds. No problem for the mammogram of the heart. The CT angiogram will bring in more than that. Art

To: stock bull who wrote (2870)	1/11/1999 4:57:00 PM
From: Bruce Rozenblit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3725

Bingo! It's the old saying, "Its not the money, it's the money. It just costs way too much to produce. The customers just don't have that kind of dough lying around to commit to an Ultrafast scanner particularly when they want to buy ONE HUNDRED OTHER THINGS. In this kind of market, every available purchasing dollar is sought after by dozens if not hundreds of other vendors. The customers are going to invest their money in whatever makes them the most money the fastest. It's not about saving lives or long term savings. It's about making a fast buck today. This the way the world works. People that run large corporations generally have no vision. They aren't necessarily creative or innovative. They got to the top by selling themselves, being extremely brutal and ruthless, taking the credit for things they didn't accomplish, avoiding blame for everything they ever screwed up, and kissing enough of the right rear ends. That's why the medical establishment isn't interested in the technology. They wouldn't know what to do with an Ultrafast scanner if you gave it to them. I am still convinced that there is an alternative configuration that can be produced at less cost because there is an alternative configuration for everything! Even if the design was not changed, the major assemblies could be made in Mexico and only final assembly and check out could be done here. Did you folks know that most of the box computers are made by a few massive plants overseas and then they put the customers brand name on. Everything is out sourced now. A cheaper way to build them would be to contract a large producer of CT machines (probably in the Orient) who has economies of scale, to make the major components. Then slap them together here. Maybe some existing CT superstructure that is being made in large quantities could be modified for the ultrafast design. The more parts you can reuse, the cheaper the product. I'll stop rambling now.