i.e. their stuff couldn’t be copied locally.
I've got a Medtronic device they'd love to copy.
It's a pacemaker nicknamed "The Bullet". It is the same size and shape as a .22 short cartridge. And it is embedded within my heart...having been placed there without invasive surgery.
I was the first to receive it in my part of the country, probably one of the first half-dozen-or-so nationally. It is a simply incredible piece of technology.
You might say that I took a bullet in the heart...in order to stay alive.
And a committed Medtronics supporter...
If they can get their hands on it, they can copy it.
They can get their hands on anything in country, so it probably has already been copied.
The med device market in asia is stiffly regulated to x number of implants per year, regardless of how many people actually need or would benefit from them. The number of implants allowed varies by country, but it is tightly controlled.
I do work for a competitor of Medtronic.