Mechanic has a Tool for Childbirth

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  •  * The idea… won the enthusiastic endorsement of the World Health Organization…
  • * With the Odón Device, an attendant slips a plastic bag inside a lubricated
    plastic sleeve around the head, inflates it to grip the head and pulls
    the bag until the baby emerges
  • * Doctors say it has enormous potential to save babies in poor countries,
    and perhaps to reduce cesarean section births in rich ones
  • * …should cost less than $50 to make.

 

 

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