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Then go get a $30,000 powered wheelchair and ride around for a month. See what you think can be improved in the wheelchair to correct for its flaws.
by inetknght 9y ago
Then go get a $30,000 powered wheelchair and ride around for a month. See what you think can be improved in the wheelchair to correct for its flaws.
- Someone1234 9y agoThe problem is, even if you create a massively improved wheelchair (as several startups have done) you'll get absolutely destroyed by certification; and even if you get passed that hurdle, you'll have to sell it via medical supply merchants which often have monopolistic contracts for wheelchairs... My point is, if it was just as simple as producing a better wheelchair and selling it, it would have happened already. This is like hearing aids all over again, and why most certified "medical device" hearing aids you can get on medicare are over ten years behind the technology curve (or more) and cost more than an iPhone X.
- BearGoesChirp 9y agoCould we just sum this up by saying regulatory capture?