iBOT readies for relaunch
By HME News Staff
Updated Tue April 30, 2019
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mobius Mobility is in the process of re-launching the iBOT Personal Mobility Device, an electric wheelchair that can climb stairs, according to the Union Leader. The company is moving into a building here owned by Dean Kamen, who worked with Johnson & Johnson to develop the iBOT 20 years ago, to assemble the devices and train customers on how to use them. In addition to climbing stairs, the iBOT allows users to sit up to make eye contract with others, making it a good fit for people with spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and early ALS. The big obstacle back when the iBOT was first launched in 2003: the $29,000 price tag. “We're trying to make it as affordable as possible,” Lucas Merrow, who is helping Kamen with the re-launch, told the newspaper.
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