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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>
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
{{cite web
|last=AccuCirc
  | url = http://www.accucirc.com/about.php
|first=
| title = About AccuCirc
|date=2011
  | accessdate = 2011-03-06
|title=About AccuCirc
| date = 2011}}</ref> Ironically, it is supposed to "protect infants from injury during circumcision." It was invented by [[David R. Tomlinson]],<ref> {{cite news | first = Paula | last = S. Katz | title = Night work without burnout | date = 2008-09 | url = http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=647 | work = Today's Hospitalist | accessdate = 2011-09-26 | quote = ...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent HIV that has recently been cleared by the FDA.}}</ref> and it was approved by the [[FDA]] on the basis is was substantially equivalent to existing circumcision devices.<ref>
  |url=http://www.accucirc.com/about.php
{{citation
  |accessdate=2011-03-06
  | contribution = Department of Health & Human Services
}}</ref> Ironically, it is supposed to "protect infants from injury during circumcision." It was invented by [[David R. Tomlinson]],<ref>{{REFnews
  | title = Dear Mr. Wallace
|last=Katz
  | editor-first = Nancy C.
|first=Paula S.  
  | editor-last = Brogdon
|url=http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=647
  | publisher = Food and Drug Administration
|title=Night work without burnout
  | date = 2007-09-07
|date=2008-09
  | id =
|publisher=Today's Hospitalist
  | contribution-url = http://www.accucirc.com/documents/AccuCirc_510k.pdf
|quote=...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent [[HIV]] that has recently been cleared by the FDA.
  | accessdate = 2011-03-06
|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
  |last=Brogdon
  |first=Nancy C.
  |init=NC
  |date=2007-09-07
|title=Dear Mr. Wallace
  |journal=Food and Drug Administration: Department of Health & Human Services
  |volume=
|issue=
  |pages=
  |url=http://www.accucirc.com/documents/AccuCirc_510k.pdf
  |accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


== See Also ==
This suggests a possible conflict-of-interest at the [[WHO]] between promoting Tomlinson's circumcision device and providing sound medical advice consistent with [[human rights]].
*[[David R. Tomlinson]] -- Inventor of AccuCirc.
*[[WHO|World Health Organization]] -- AccuCirc Inventor is "chief circumcision expert" at the W.H.O.


==<small>References</small>==
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* [[David R. Tomlinson]] -- Inventor of AccuCirc.
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* [[WHO|World Health Organization]] -- AccuCirc Inventor is "chief circumcision expert" at the W.H.O.
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* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Adolescent and adult circumcision]]
 
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