This sounds like IntelliWheels, a UIUC startup. If it is, I don't think the FDA process has been that big of a obstacle. I was at another startup at UIUC's in

This sounds like IntelliWheels, a UIUC startup. If it is, I don't think the FDA process has been that big of a obstacle. I was at another startup at UIUC's incubator when IntelliWheels spun up, and it looks like they are on track to meet their original projected release date (at least it's the only projection I've ever heard). That said, as pointed out elsewhere, there are some very good reasons for many of the regulations concerning DME. In many cases, it is about life and death. Understand, I'm not arguing for the status quo, here, but the FDA does provide, necessary, oversight. The DME industry and even the FDA are in dire need of an infusion of common sense, but this idea that no oversight or even disbanning the FDA (common talk among a certain political element in the states these days), is absolutely not what we need.