I would like to join my colleagues in thanking all of you for appearing before the committee.
I will start with a comment made by Dr. Ilse Treurnicht.
Doctor, you would be amazed what people can make in a garage. Maybe they don't apply to complicated medical devices, but great things were invented in a garage.
On a more general topic, Mr. Soloninka, what you described in your presentation is a problem that inventors have been faced with over the centuries. They invent something, and then how do they sell it? How do they implement it? There are stories, anecdotes, about how Fulton convinced someone to use the steam engine on a ship, and there are thousands of others.
In answering the questions, you always mention that the financial part is very important, but it's not only the financial part. It's also how knowledgeable they are in buying new things, and whether they can afford it. Some things have to last for x number of years. You may show up with a great invention, but you may be told, “I just bought devices, and I won't have money for the next 10 years.” With the way technology is going now, things are changing very fast and becoming obsolete. How do you envision this? What is your advice to the companies, to the inventors, and to the innovators?