What patent attorney was that? Patents are just a level of protection...lots of ways to skin the cat in the scanner market and I have to assume there are many new devices in development as we speak. What is the opportunity cost of not selling units for last 2 years? For me the delay clearly indicate a much deeper issue. Someone who has done 4 or 5 510K doesn't suddenly omit major requests that are clear as day in the AI and NSE. Here are the majors:
DICOM compatibility and file format
Algorithm explanation of Cone Beam reconstruction and Rendering techniques-