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}}</ref> The Mogen clamp's name derives from the Hebrew word "magain," or shield, and it was invented in an effort to standardize circumcision equipment then in use by both doctors and mohels without medical training who perform the procedure in private homes and other locations.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> The device is designed to "shield" the glans, as the name implies, while the mohel slices off the [[foreskin]]. A user must first rip the foreskin from the glans, then pull it through the clamp and slices it off with a single motion.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Some orthodox Jews only recognize circumcisions performed with devices based on the traditional design,<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> and for this reason it is preferred by traditional | }}</ref> The Mogen clamp's name derives from the Hebrew word "magain," or shield, and it was invented in an effort to standardize [[circumcision]] equipment then in use by both doctors and mohels without medical training who perform the procedure in private homes and other locations.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> The device is designed to "shield" the glans, as the name implies, while the mohel slices off the [[foreskin]]. A user must first rip the foreskin from the glans, then pull it through the clamp and slices it off with a single motion.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Some orthodox Jews only recognize circumcisions performed with devices based on the traditional design,<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> and for this reason it is preferred by traditional [[mohel]]s.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> | ||
== Injury reports == | == Injury reports == | ||
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Mogen went out of business in July of 2010<ref name="tagami2010" /> after losing a 10.8 million dollar law suit,<ref name="tagami2010" /> after a mohel<ref name="tagami2010" /> severed the end of a baby's glans<ref name="tagami2010" /> using one of their clamps. Mogen claimed that injury was impossible with its use.<ref name="tagami2010" /><ref name='Law.com 2010-07-29'>{{REFnews | Mogen went out of business in July of 2010<ref name="tagami2010" /> after losing a 10.8 million dollar law suit,<ref name="tagami2010" /> after a [[mohel]]<ref name="tagami2010" /> severed the end of a baby's glans<ref name="tagami2010" /> using one of their clamps. Mogen claimed that injury was impossible with its use.<ref name="tagami2010" /><ref name='Law.com 2010-07-29'>{{REFnews | ||
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Mogen clamps were made by other manufacturers, including Miltex, which stopped distributing the devices in 1994.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Even then, Miltex's then-president Saul Kleinkramer defended the device, placing the blame on "possible mishandling" instead of the design of the device.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Despite having stopped distributing the devices in 1994, some Miltex manufactured Mogen clamps are still in use<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" />, and Miltex, along with their parent company, Integra Life Sciences Holding Corp., were recently involved (July 2011) in a $4.6-million settlement.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Miltex reached a confidential settlement with a North Hollywood couple for another Mogen-related circumcision botch in 2000.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> In its response to the lawsuit, Integra maintained that the Mogen clamp was safe, carried adequate warnings and users should be held liable for any harm caused.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> | Mogen clamps were made by other manufacturers, including Miltex, which stopped distributing the devices in 1994.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Even then, Miltex's then-president Saul Kleinkramer defended the device, placing the blame on "possible mishandling" instead of the design of the device.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Despite having stopped distributing the devices in 1994, some Miltex manufactured Mogen clamps are still in use<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" />, and Miltex, along with their parent company, Integra Life Sciences Holding Corp., were recently involved (July 2011) in a $4.6-million settlement.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> Miltex reached a confidential settlement with a North Hollywood couple for another Mogen-related circumcision botch in 2000.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> In its response to the lawsuit, Integra maintained that the Mogen clamp was safe, carried adequate warnings and users should be held liable for any harm caused.<ref name="hennessy-fiske2011" /> | ||
== Usage in Africa == | == Usage in Africa == | ||
Despite going out of business in America, and despite its notoriety for glans amputations, Mogen clamps are being used in a pilot project to have male children circumcised at birth under the pretext of HIV prevention.<ref name='Capital News 2010-09'>{{REFnews | Despite going out of business in America, and despite its notoriety for glans amputations, Mogen clamps are being used in a pilot project to have male children circumcised at birth under the pretext of [[Circumcision and HIV| HIV]] prevention.<ref name='Capital News 2010-09'>{{REFnews | ||
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