a few short years, hundreds of practices would be using them. Clearly,
the market is embracing the potentially profitable technology and
more and more providers are trying to decide whether they can — or
should — find a way to incorporate the $350,000-to-$425,000 equip-
ment into their practices.
For manufacturers and outsourcers, femtosecond lasers obviously
represent a huge opportunity. They're fighting tenaciously for mar-
ket share. Not only can you buy, lease or rent a mobile laser (have a
machine delivered to your practice for a pre-designated number of
days each month), but within those primary categories there are
scores of subcategories. As one industry consultant insists:
"Nothing's definitive. The options are basically endless."
That may be true, but if you're thinking about going the femto route
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zONE DAY AT A TIME?You can gauge potential
business by outsourcing or entering into a short lease.
