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The AccuCirc is a one-time use, single-action circumcision device. According to the website, it's supposed to "help physicians provide precise, consistent, and reliable outcomes".<ref>{{REFweb | The AccuCirc is a one-time use, single-action circumcision device. According to the website, it's supposed to "help physicians provide precise, consistent, and reliable outcomes".<ref>{{REFweb | ||
| last=AccuCirc | |last=AccuCirc | ||
| first= | |first= | ||
| year=2011 | |year=2011 | ||
| title=About AccuCirc | |title=About AccuCirc | ||
| url=http://www.accucirc.com/about.php | |url=http://www.accucirc.com/about.php | ||
| accessdate=2011-03-06 | |accessdate=2011-03-06 | ||
}}</ref> Ironically, it is supposed to "protect infants from injury during circumcision." It was invented by [[David R. Tomlinson]],<ref>{{REFnews | }}</ref> Ironically, it is supposed to "protect infants from injury during circumcision." It was invented by [[David R. Tomlinson]],<ref>{{REFnews | ||
| last=Katz | |last=Katz | ||
| first=Paula S. | |first=Paula S. | ||
| coauthors= | |coauthors= | ||
| url=http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=647 | |url=http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=647 | ||
| title=Night work without burnout | |title=Night work without burnout | ||
| date=2008-09 | |date=2008-09 | ||
| publisher=Today's Hospitalist | |publisher=Today's Hospitalist | ||
| quote=...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent HIV that has recently been cleared by the FDA. | |quote=...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent HIV that has recently been cleared by the FDA. | ||
| accessdate=2011-09-26 | |accessdate=2011-09-26 | ||
}}</ref> and it was approved by the [[FDA]] on the basis is was substantially equivalent to existing circumcision devices.<ref>{{REFjournal | }}</ref> and it was approved by the [[FDA]] on the basis is was substantially equivalent to existing circumcision devices.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
| last=Brogdon | |last=Brogdon | ||
| first=Nancy C. | |first=Nancy C. | ||
| coauthors= | |coauthors= | ||
| date=2007-09-07 | |date=2007-09-07 | ||
| title=Dear Mr. Wallace | |title=Dear Mr. Wallace | ||
| journal=Food and Drug Administration: Department of Health & Human Services | |journal=Food and Drug Administration: Department of Health & Human Services | ||
| volume= | |volume= | ||
| issue= | |issue= | ||
| pages= | |pages= | ||
| url=http://www.accucirc.com/documents/AccuCirc_510k.pdf | |url=http://www.accucirc.com/documents/AccuCirc_510k.pdf | ||
| accessdate=2011-03-06 | |accessdate=2011-03-06 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
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The AccuCirc is a one-time use, single-action circumcision device. According to the website, it's supposed to "help physicians provide precise, consistent, and reliable outcomes".[1] Ironically, it is supposed to "protect infants from injury during circumcision." It was invented by David R. Tomlinson,[2] and it was approved by the FDA on the basis is was substantially equivalent to existing circumcision devices.[3]
See also
- David R. Tomlinson -- Inventor of AccuCirc.
- World Health Organization -- AccuCirc Inventor is "chief circumcision expert" at the W.H.O.
References
- ↑
AccuCirc. About AccuCirc
. Retrieved 6 March 2011. - ↑
Katz, Paula S. (September 2008)."Night work without burnout", Today's Hospitalist. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
Quote:...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent HIV that has recently been cleared by the FDA.
- ↑
Brogdon, Nancy C.. Dear Mr. Wallace. Food and Drug Administration: Department of Health & Human Services. 7 September 2007; Retrieved 6 March 2011.
