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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

patents should expire

They do. It's just that they can be renewed under various circumstances, typically as an incentive to increase production.

Is there some reason why previous-generation technology, like the tech being used for MRIs in the 90s, can’t be used to manufacture more competitively-priced machines?

You need a certain amount of industrial capital geared towards making these machines and GE is the only one that really does (excepting manufacturers overseas). A big part of the problem is that we don't have a good mechanism for introducing new small businesses to the market. You really need to know someone that needs a steady number of MRI machines on a regular basis to make a new MRI factory worth it, and unless you have that business connection you have no buyers.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

So you’d need to have a single integrated business, just to get all that information in-house.

The same company could build the machines, and sell the MRI scanning service.

Then you’d need a lot of conversations with various doctor’s offices.

But there are probably lots of places who’d rather be able to provide patients with a lower-cost, lower-quality MRI, so it should be possible to collect a number of providers saying “if such a service exists, I’ll use it”.

My guess is there’s gonna be a lot of government money available soon for people who want to build new manufacturing capability in the US

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