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Sarco device
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The '''Sarco device''' (or '''Pegasos''') is a [[euthanasia device]] consisting of a [[3D printing|3D-printed]] detachable capsule (or coffin) mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid [[nitrogen]] to commit [[suicide]] through [[inert gas asphyxiation]]. "Sarco" is short for "[[sarcophagus]]".<ref name="sarc3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="capsule">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> It is used in conjunction with an [[inert gas]], [[nitrogen]], which prevents the panic, sense of [[suffocation]] and struggling before [[unconsciousness]], known as the hypercapnic alarm response <ref name="PDH">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> caused by the presence of high [[carbon dioxide]] concentrations in the blood.<ref name="PDH" /> The sarco was invented by euthanasia campaigner [[Philip Nitschke]] in 2017 and is planned to come into use in Switzerland in 2020.
==History==
The sarco is an expansion of the hypoxic death provided by a [[suicide bag]]. Many people will not consider euthanasia by suicide bag for aesthetic reasons, or feel claustrophobic inside a bag. Nitschke calls this the "plastic bag factor".<ref name="musk">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The sarco provides a solution to these objections.
==Mechanics==
Access to the Sarco will be controlled by an online test to gauge mental fitness. If applicants pass, they receive an access code to a Sarco device that works for 24 hours.<ref name="hp2018" />
Users of the Sarco can choose either a dark or transparent view from the capsule. The transparent view would be chosen if they wish to transport the machine to a particular location to see a certain vista from the machine.<ref name="vice"></ref> The inventor feels that "where you die is certainly an important factor".<ref name="hp2018" />
The occupant presses the button and the capsule is filled with nitrogen. He or she will feel a bit dizzy but will then rapidly lose consciousness and die, according to the inventor.<ref name="sarc3" />
The capsule of Sarco provides for a rapid decrease in [[oxygen]] level while maintaining a low level of [[carbon dioxide]]. On activation, of liquid nitrogen causes the oxygen level to drop silently to less than 5% in less than one minute. On breathing in the nitrogen, "a sense of serene euphoria is followed quickly by loss of consciousness and peaceful death" according to the designers.
==Design and manufacture==
The design of the device was a collaboration between Nitschke and [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[industrial design|industrial designer]], Alexander Bannink.
Sarco is 3D-printed in sections measuring .
The design software that underpins Sarco can be altered to accommodate bespoke client size and style specifications.
The increasing availability of large-scale 3D printing is expected to lead to widespread interest in the Sarco globally as populations age, according to Nitschke.
The design is meant to resemble that of a spaceship and is intended to give users the feel that they are traveling to the "great beyond", according to Nitschke.<ref name="wapo">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Nitschke plans to release the [[open-source model|open source]] plans for the Sarco by 2019.<ref name="hp2018">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==See also==
* [[Suicide bag]]
* [[Inert gas asphyxiation]]
* [[Euthanasia device]]
* [[Hypercapnia]]
== References ==
==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2VTAIVS Sarco] - Official Sarco webpage
[[Category:Euthanasia]]
[[Category:Suicide methods]]
[[Category:Suicides by asphyxiation]]
April 22, 2019 at 07:07AM
