sambalamba wrote:LastHope wrote:Rigicon's lifetime warranty is a key selling point in Asia and the Middle East. The main advantage is that the warranty also covers revisions due to infections. For whatever that's worth, for individuals in the USA without strong insurance coverage or those not on Medicare/VA, this could be valuable.
The Infla10 is no longer new, having been released outside the USA in 2019, though it is still awaiting FDA approval.
I agree that Rigicon’s lifetime warranty is likely their strongest selling point as they attempt to capture market share from AMS and Coloplast. However, from a technical standpoint, I don’t see any revolutionary advancements—just incremental improvements. Based on what I’ve gathered from their website, the key technical highlights seem to be:
1) The use of a proprietary fourth layer, which is claimed to enhance cylinder surface integrity. This appears to be an attempt to differentiate themselves from AMS, which uses three layers and would be generally considered softer than Coloplast.
2) Pump technology designed to offer ease of both inflation and deflation, seemingly trying to strike a balance between AMS and Coloplast pump designs.
It’s hard to say how accurate these claims are, but if these minor tweaks prove effective, they could provide Rigicon with a slight technical advantage over AMS and Coloplast.
Sorry folks but this direction might not follow the original intent of this thread.
I think your thoughts are pretty much along the expected path. Another thought. Perhaps it might be difficult to obtain product liability insurance if a company varied very much away from proven products in a market. Face it, insurance companies are signing up for large liabilities & don't have an army of researchers to vet the data. Thus they could be wary of innovations. I've said many times that improvements will be small & incremental in nature. Your post pretty much confirms it.
Its pretty simple. Pumps can only be made so small. They can't change the sizing. Neither girth or length. Reliable tubing seems to be the only area left. Pre connected without using splices seems the best way. Along that thinking. I've heard that BS has added a CX model in 21cm length that has a slightly longer tubing from the cylinders to the pump. I know that there are complaints as to where the pumps sits. My opinion, adding models within the current cylinder lengths offered now with more tubing length options would help pump placement. That is where the next incremental improvement should be. Optimal pump placement without needing splices to do it.