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Strutt's Powered Wheelchair Is Not a Wheelchair (For Legal Reasons)

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  1. PowerElectronix · · focus · HN ↗
    Gotta love it when regulation meant to clarify, bring order and protect just ends up getting in the way and preventing entering the market.
    1. bigfishrunning · · focus · HN ↗
      That regulation is onerous on purpose, to prevent fly-by-night tech companies to sell expensive medical equipment that may end up hurting people. The medical devices industry runs slowly by design (see the cheap-wheelchair episode of Seinfeld for one example of how this goes wrong)
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