Bob Stimson used to bike 100 miles a week, ski all winter and globe-trot year-round. So when the Bloomington entrepreneur lost strength in his legs three years ago, he lost a lot. ALS put him in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the Segway made him famous, inventor Dean Kamen had already spent decades revolutionizing medical devices: infusion pumps, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Hampshire-based inventor Dean Kamen has launched a new coast-to-coast tour to bring the latest version of his iBOT personal ...

Toyota andDEKA Research and Development last week announced an agreement that will revive development of the iBot, a wheelchair that can climb stairs. The companies revealed their pact to develop ...

Shelved amid lack of reimbursement from Medicare, DEKA's stair-climbing, all-terrain wheelchair is set for a comeback amid a new partnership with Toyota. Qmed Staff DEKA Research and Development ...

Toyota Motor North America has signed a partnership with Deka Research and Development to create a new kind of motorized wheelchair. We are talking about the second generation of the iBot, which is a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ It’s complicated and carries a hefty pricetag, but the federally approved iBOT wheelchair promises to give some of the nation’s 2 million wheelchair users new freedom of movement, ...

New Hampshire-based inventor Dean Kamen has launched a new coast-to-coast tour to bring the latest version of his iBOT personal mobility device — an all-terrain electric wheelchair — directly to ...

Before the Segway made him famous, inventor Dean Kamen had already spent decades revolutionizing medical devices: infusion pumps, insulin pumps, stents, dialysis machines. Kamen's boldest idea, though ...