We've interviewed both Dr. Bill Stone and Dr. Richard Pyle about the Mk VI and future plans. We shot the interview in HDV. The HDV video is in post right now.

We have video footage of the cad-cam 3D animation drawings of the hydrophobic membrane scrubber as well as Dr. Stone, in no uncertain terms, said it was a hydrophobic scrubber suitable for lithium hydroxide and such will be an option.

Some other interesting things in the video were they took the concept of the Mk VP's manual diluent puffer across the cell faces and incorporated that concept into the Mk VI, but it is done automatically by micro-solenoids that present the gas to the cell face in the form of a vortex. They said ongoing cell validation consumes just a few CC's of gas each time so it is insignificant from a gas use standpoint.

I was assured repeatedly on camera by both Stone and Pyle that neither would have gotten involved had there not been a master plan for a subsequent tech version. Stone said this will most likely have two heads for redundancy.

From a marketing concept, what they have done is spot on with an entry level version to develop a market base and generate sufficient numbers.

Their compact DSV/BOV is an engineering masterpiece, using Juergensens DIVA HUD mounted horizontally at the top of the unit.

The unit shown at DEMA was a working prototype, the injection mold resins will be different, the hoses and ends will be different, etc.

Getting Dr. Stone and Dr. Pyle involved on the project was quite the coup on the part of DP Scandinavia, and DP has the significant capital for continued development.

Those naysayers on the MkVI really need to watch the video when it is ready.