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The [[Mogen]] clamp was introduced in 1954 and is the newest of the three instruments. It was invented by a rabbi and is based on the design of the traditional Jewish barzell, so it may be favored by [[Mohel| mohellim]] for the performance of [[ritual circumcision]]. The Mogen instrument claims to protect the glans penis during circumcision, however, in actual practice it has been possible to slice off part of the [[glans penis]]. There have been some very substantial awards for damages that have caused the company to go into bankruptcy and suspend production of the Mogen clamp.
==Change in medical view==
One should note that these circumcision instruments were all developed more than seventy years ago and are relics of the last century. At that time medical opinion favored infant [[circumcision]], which was then alleged to prevent various diseases.
Medical opinion has shifted dramatically since then. [[Circumcision]] is no longer viewed as an effective preventer of disease. Instead, circumcision of male minors is now viewed as a harmful, unnecessary, unethical, violation of the patient's [[human rights]], and [[genital mutilation]], which causes a loss of functional penile tissue and irreversible loss of protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions. Medical science now knows that [[circumcised]] boys have three times more penile issues than [[foreskinned]] boys.<ref name=fendereski2024">{{REFjournal