This sounds a little like an argument that it's simply impossible to get this done any faster, so we shouldn't try. I mean, I like to think we have clear enoug

This sounds a little like an argument that it's simply impossible to get this done any faster, so we shouldn't try. I mean, I like to think we have clear enough standards for reliability and testing that if we manage to perform some excellent engineering and meet all of those standards in record time, and the federal government is willing to expedite the approval red tape, there's no technical reason we shouldn't be able to get it done a lot faster than what is typical without sacrificing safety. Or put another way: I really hope the safety of our existing medical devices isn't simply based on the process being slow.