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The device was formerly manufactured by Olympic in Washington. It is now manufactured by Natus Medical and retails for $654.00.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.ciamedicalnatus.com/natusproducts-medical-50100-eachservices/olympic-circumstraint-infant-immobiliz-ea
|title=Natus Medical 50100 — Circumstraint Infant
|last=
|DOI=10.1056/NEJM198711193172105
|accessdate=2022-10-28
}}</ref> It is dangerous to give infants general anesthesia, so the only possible pain relief is local nerve block, which is now recommended if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. These are of doubtful efficacy because of multiple nerve pathways in the [[penis]], so baby boys still kick and scream, making the Circumstraint still necessary if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. Parents are reminded that infant circumcision is a an unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical [[amputation]] that does not cure or prevent diseaseand permanently harms the infant boy by loss of the protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions of his foreskin.
==Video==
|Title=Struggling infant
|Text=In less than 30 seconds a nurse can immobilize a struggling infant...
|ref=<ref name="immobilizer">httphttps://www.quickmedicalnatus.com/olympicmedicalproducts-services/olympic-circumstraint/immobolizer.html</ref>
}}