I see it as breaking the patient type into 2 classes. 1....

I see it as breaking the patient type into 2 classes.

1. Intitial patient receives external model and improves. Therefore goes off C-pulse.

2. Intitial patient receives external model but does not improve enough to be taken off machine. To be given sufficient time and alternatives to be used in conjuction but improve the patients quality of use, they receive the implant.

NOTE: To be given an implant means that the system has a high degree of reliability while giving the patient time for alternatives, without the long term problems of exit points in an external product.

For that I can only assume that the trials are giving them opportunities to consider fully implantables.

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