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Was anyone paying attention when the Dean Kamen wheelchair stopped being made? Was it cost/demand, didn't work? The wikipedia article says something about the F
by Avshalom 11y ago
Was anyone paying attention when the Dean Kamen wheelchair stopped being made? Was it cost/demand, didn't work? The wikipedia article says something about the FDA reclassifying it but that doesn't seem to explain why it stopped being made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBOT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBOT
- maxerickson 11y agoIt sounds like the market was too small: http://forums.segwaychat.org/archive/index.php/t-20984.html http://forums.segwaychat.org/archive/index.php/t-20984.html I looked at the iBOT page in the Wayback Machine, it jumps from a sales page to a page with a statement they aren't selling it anymore.
- rcurry 11y agoI always wondered about that - it seemed like a great invention.
- dogma1138 11y agoIIRC once the FDA reclassified it it was no longer classified as a "wheelchair" so it wasn't covered by insurance / HMO's which with it's cost pretty much meant it would not be bought by anyone.