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Keyhole Surgery: Operation for the Less Than Ethical

Mark Wilson — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:40:00 +0000

While some of us invest points into intelligence to become doctors, others of us pour those stats into perception and agility to take a different route…

Keyhole Surgery is Operation reinvented for lockpick enthusiasts. You view a 3D schematic of the lock on the computer, then try to guide the key through the maze of tumblers without striking the walls. He who has the least mistakes wins. He who has the most mistakes will require a good lawyer.

A concept for now, if you really like the device, we’re sure some perceptive, agile manufacturer will come around to borrow the idea soon enough. [Moritz Waldemeyer via bbGadgets]

Shocking Sick Puppy is ‘Operation’ for a New Generation

Gizmodo US Edition — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:55:00 +0000

Japanese game manufacturer Mega House has come up with a winner. Biri Biri Kaze Hiki Wanko (which, translated, means Shocking Sick Puppy) is a cross between seminal kids’ game Operation, where you had to remove various parts of a patient’s anatomy with a pair of wired-up tweezers, without ~~letting on to your parents that you’d swallowed the best part of a bottle of bourbon the night before~~ touching the sides, and that equally seminal ’70s plaything, Slime. A fearsome mess of green snot and drool emerges from the dog’s mouth and nose, and you have to pick out plastic “germs” embedded in the ectoplasm. Trouble is, if the metal tweezers touch the slime, you get an electric shock. Out in Japan this August, Shocking Sick Puppy needs a worldwide release if it is to realise its full genius potential. [Trends in Japan]

Tiny Surgical Instruments Suck Appendix Out of Your Stomach and Into Your Mouth

Gizmodo US Edition — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:00 +0000

The vanity-saturated life of a Gizmodo writer means no scars, visible or otherwise, so this breakthrough procedure for appendicitis is a godsend for those among us who still have the vestigial organ. According to doctors who performed the operation in San Diego, a flexible tube is used to thread miniature surgical instruments down the patient’s throat into their stomach. At that point, the fun begins—unless you’re an appendix, of course.

Once the tools are safely inserted into the patient’s gut, a tiny incision is made in the stomach wall to get at the appendix. The inflamed appendix is cut away, grabbed by one of the mini-tools, and bagged in a special mesh pouch. The organ is then pulled back into the stomach and out of the mouth.

The benefits of this new procedure go beyond aesthetic, as pioneering patient and ex-Marine Jeff Scholtz confirmed in a post-op interview. “They told me to take it easy but I felt great. I was eating pizza and doing situps three days later,” Scholtz said.

That’s right, no week-long downtime or months of low-intensity activity, and no more huge scars from huge incisions. No hernias or infection either, said Santiago Horgan, of the University of San Diego Medical Centre. Doctors say this is the way forward for other procedures, and I’m inclined to agree, so long as we keep the colonoscopy relegated to the rear where it belongs. [Daily Mail]

HULK LIKE OPERATION GAME!

Gizmodo US Edition — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:33:10 +0000

Remember “Operation,” that buzzing fishing-for-organs game we played with as kids? Well, Hulk fans will soon be able to dig around inside their hero with a pair of electrified tweezers too, when Hasbro brings out their Hulk-themed version. Clumsy surgical action will make his eyes glow green and he’ll howl apparently. What do you think of that, Hulk? HULK WARN YOU, ANESTHETIC BETTER BE REAL STRONG!

Though it sounds painful, we’re not totally clear why he’s got a teddy bear in one foot, and a rocket in the other. What’re your ideas on that, guys?

No info on price or date yet. BUT HULK WANT! [Toyology via Geek alerts]