{"id":4748,"date":"2016-10-18T09:07:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4748"},"modified":"2016-10-18T09:07:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:07:15","slug":"a-reboot-for-wheelchair-that-can-stand-up-and-climb-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4748","title":{"rendered":"A Reboot For Wheelchair That Can Stand Up And Climb Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Quil Lawrence for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen years ago, just as the United States began what was to become its longest war, a futuristic wheelchair hit the market.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/MedicalDevices\/ProductsandMedicalProcedures\/DeviceApprovalsandClearances\/Recently-ApprovedDevices\/ucm082381.htm\">iBOT allowed<\/a> paralyzed people, including many veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, to stand up by rising to eye level. It also did something no wheelchair ever had: climb stairs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/10\/17\/498276146\/a-reboot-for-wheelchair-that-can-stand-up-and-climb-stairs?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=36012883&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_rXFF5d2Cd-Q1__vsLOwR8a5jKveIaxcHRm7sRyECkrH6ccpM8Dya4bvj4qaKEp-gyR4IImXibIWeuugbpLLoIR6bOCg&amp;_hsmi=36012883\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Quil Lawrence for NPR) Thirteen years ago, just as the United States began what was to become its longest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4749,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4748\/revisions\/4749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}