Sarco pod

<p>The Sarco pod (also known as Pegasos, and sometimes referred to as a "suicide pod") is a <a href="/facts/Euthanasia_device/vlrAJmDR">euthanasia device</a> or machine consisting of a <a href="/facts/3D_printing/lbvWU3t0">3D-printed</a> detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">nitrogen</a> to die by <a href="/facts/Suicide/j92cWcay">suicide</a> through <a href="/facts/Inert_gas_asphyxiation/YYRwpQPU">inert gas asphyxiation</a>. "Sarco" is short for "<a href="/facts/Sarcophagus/7gt0eaA9">sarcophagus</a>". It is used in conjunction with an <a href="/facts/Inert_gas/3EkBEoYh">inert gas</a> (nitrogen) which decreases oxygen levels rapidly which prevents panic, sense of <a href="/facts/Suffocation/bahl3DJf">suffocation</a> and struggling before <a href="/facts/Unconsciousness/SS240v32">unconsciousness</a>, known as the <a href="/facts/Hypercapnia/wBArR1mW">hypercapnic alarm response</a>: 45  caused by the presence of high <a href="/facts/Carbon_dioxide/xGzpppEp">carbon dioxide</a> concentrations in the blood. The Sarco was invented by <a href="/facts/Euthanasia/aYfNlLna">euthanasia</a> campaigner <a href="/facts/Philip_Nitschke/Dq50zyNs">Philip Nitschke</a> in 2017. Nitschke said in 2021 that he sought and received legal advice about the device's legality in Switzerland.
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Sarco pod open-in-new

Sarco pod