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I love the idea, and it's just the kind of thing I'm paranoid enough to own, but the price is a bit up there. Hoping it comes down over time. But if I owned a restaurant, I'd be all over this, in a "Break Glass" kind of case.

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I think the price point seems reasonable. It's a patented medical device without much competition. They have a target market that would spend the $150 without thinking twice.

They may eventually want to target individuals and those not in the high-risk area -- in which case the price will need to drop. However, for their current stage and what they're after it makes sense.

That's the idea the article conveys, one of these should be next to every defibrillator (and defibs are seen in so many locations).

Not every restaurant has a defibrillator, but every restaurant may want one of these if it's really that effective.

And they should have it in the bathroom!

I've heard from an EMT friend that most choking deaths happen in restaurant bathrooms. Somebody gets up to excuse themselves to be polite and dies alone beside the dyson hand dryers.

I know if I were choking, I don't know how polite I would be to everyone around me

As a person with a medical condition that causes me to choke more often than a normal person would, I usually excuse myself because rectifying the situation typically involves vomiting.

My guess is that as manufacturing costs lower and competitors realize the market, the price will eventually go down. Even offices, schools and other public places could benefit from having this also.

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