Except the IMS Solution, its has no balls or races to fail. It remains the only permanent fix for this issue. ALL other technologies have time, or mileage ratings, as they are ball, or roller bearings.
Its also the only fully Patent protected IMS Retrofit.
No, Patent pending isn't the same, and many of the products that claim to be Patent pending have no filing information at the USPTO. When queried, their developers could not procure any current Provisional Patent documentation.