Grapefruit USA Inc (GPFT)

[goldcoastoh]

pablo -- according to the paper i posted tonight on portable CT scanner for head scanning...

"The economic advantages of this technology make it a viable
option for improving patient care. A cost analysis done on
the use of the CereTom (NeuroLogica, Danvers, Mass) at a
level I trauma center calculated a return on investment of
169%.1 These calculations took into consideration the cost of
the machine, $359,000, and the single technician needed to
operate it. The costs were weighed against those of personnel
and equipment needed for the transport of a patient to and
from the conventional scanner."

http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/30/9/1630?maxtoshow=&HITS=60&hits=60&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=three+dimensional+fluoroscopy&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

LET ME ADD THE DViS, IMHO, WILL OFFER FAR MORE COST-ADVANTAGE... BECAUSE IT IS A FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM... IT'LL ENABLE FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED IMAGERY AS ITS FOREMOST FEATURE...

ALTHOUGH PRICED MORE THAN THE CERETOM, MOST CONE-BEAM CTs ARE IN THIS BALLPARK AS WELL, BUT I BELIEVE THE DViS IS PRICED LESS THAN THE MEDTRONIC O-arm... WHICH I BELIEVE BECAUSE THE MEDTRONIC 0-arm IS NOT A TRUE GANTRY (IN THE PUREST SENSE) IT WON'T EVER BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE DViS DOES.