Did Summit sell upgradable holmium laser workstations that could be upgraded with excimer lasers?
Summit has always complied with FDA’s commercialization rules and, as part of that compliance, the company never presold any excimer lasers. Our efforts to prevent commercialization of excimer lasers was extensive. All of Summit’s quotations and invoices, which physicians were required to sign before purchasing the product, bore the following legend, or one similar to it: This system contains only a holmium laser, not an excimer laser. Purchase of this system does not entitle the purchaser to purchase, use, license or otherwise benefit from any excimer laser, which currently is an investigational device under applicable FDA regulations. While Summit never promised or presold excimer lasers as part of the holmium workstation package, it was clear that the holmium workstations were designed to accommodate excimer lasers in the event that (i) excimer lasers received FDA approval and (ii) physicians purchased such lasers in the future. Did Summit ever sell any excimer lasers before they we
