I don;t think Dean has the money to make these units. If the sales-price is 550K he would have dish out at least 1/2 that or more to get these built and that mean his growing office staff won;t get payroll. Typically a company on the verge of a major discovery would have several production type protos ready to go. The 3dhd from VNKING will be shipping in the 4th qtr.
pendragon - It is my understanding that luminary sites are offered the DVis at a reduced price and that any luminary site orders were pending FDA approval. Back when this was an issue, it was not anticipated that approval would take the length of time that it has.