Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc (EKSO)

[Rhetorical]

He also says, "final throes" which signals the end. The connotation might normally be negative (and I think Nathan somewhat viewed it as a hassle instead of enjoying the process) - but he also surrounds those words by saying "good meeting" before and "good light" after.

Also, to me when Nathan say, "could potentially stop the clock" seems as if it is redundant information.

'could stop the clock'

this would be the more straightforward way to say this. Maybe it's a tiny hint that they think their work will be accepted. It also could be word salad and people use more words than necessary all the time with out meaning anything by it.

There is a possibility that since Nathan has worked as CEO for over a decade, he might have chose this time to resign on his own accord, calculating that he will get the most amount of money if he is able to get payed a year salary in stock, all at once, right before a potential FDA approval comes up.