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PowerElectronix • today at 1:39 PM • 1 reply • view on 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.


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bigfishrunning • today at 2:37 PM

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)