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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
| last=AccuCirc | first= | year=2011 | title=About AccuCirc | url=http://www.accucirc.com/about.php | 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
| last=Katz | first=Paula S. | coauthors= | url=http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=647 | title=Night work without burnout | date=2008-09 | publisher=Today's Hospitalist | quote=...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent HIV that has recently been cleared by the FDA. | 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. | coauthors= | 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>