Posted on 11/15/2013 3:03:07 PM PST by NYer
The contraption, called the Odón Device, works like this: A doctor fits a plastic bag inside a lubricated plastic sleeve and fits it around the baby’s head. The bag is then inflated, allowing it to grip on the baby head, pulling until it’s emerged from the birth canal…
The goal of his invention is two-fold: For women in underdeveloped countries who don’t have access to Cesarean sections, the device could help safely bring their babies into the world. It could also supplement forceps and vacuum extractors in cases where newer doctors are untrained to use them.
~ Journalist Elise Solé describing Argentinian car mechanic Jorge Odón’s invention to assist mothers in childbirth, Yahoo! Shine, November 14
[Picture via Diego Giudice/The New York Times/Redux]
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Necessity, the mother of invention, ping!
Obviously the guy hasn’t enlisted the aid of a an attorney. If he had, the disclaimer would have read “do not utilize the services of an auto mechanic when giving birth...”
My hat’s off to those who try to make the world a better place through ingenuity and addressing a problem. Meanwhile there’s a muslim somewhere working on a yet bigger truck bomb.
They don’t have liability laws in the Third World?
But obamaCare does require it be taxed as a medical device...
Mechanics just keep things working like they’re supposed to, and occasionally ya gotta make a tool.
A gynecologist had become fed up with malpractice insurance and HMO
paperwork, and was burned out. Hoping to try another career where his
skillful hands would be beneficial, he decided to become a mechanic.
He went to the local technical college, signed up for evening classes,
attended diligently, and learned all he could. When the time of the
practical exam approached, the gynecologist prepared carefully for weeks
and completed the exam with tremendous skill.
When the results came back, he was surprised to find that he had
obtained a score of 150%. Fearing an error, he called the Instructor,
saying, “I don’t want to appear ungrateful for such an outstanding
result, but I wonder if there is an error in the grade?”
The instructor said, “During the exam, you took the engine apart
perfectly, which was worth 50% of the total mark. You put the engine
back together again perfectly, which is also worth 50% of the mark.”
After a pause, the instructor added, “I gave you an extra 50% because
you did it all through the muffler, which I’ve never seen done in my
entire career”.
"What harm could that do, ya know?"
I stopped buying his cheap costumes after I tried on “Johnny the Human Torch” one Halloween.
LOL!
It’s a little strange to think that a plastic bag over their head could help a child, but I guess they are still getting their oxygen from the umbilical cord at that point.
It is funny that the demonstration doll has clothes on though!
Here’s a video showing how he developed it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFEFkAnL93A
and the NYT story with more details:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/health/new-tool-to-ease-difficult-births-a-plastic-bag.html
Great invention for mankind, hope he gets wealthy, even in Argentina.
Obviously this mechanic doesn’t know that you’re supposed to kill third-world babies. It’s the progressive thing to do.
LOL!!!
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