In a reverse to this thread.
My father went to an Airforce surplus auction at Nelis AFB. Apparently they
were cleaning out the hospital. He got a lot that had an EKG machine and a
flexible surgical "Borescope". The type used for angioplasty. Insert into
the femoral artery and snake your way up to the heart. It had attachments
for light, cameras, micro forceps, and scalpels. We used it once to look
into the deep dark recess of his planes wings. Then he chased mom around
with it, but that's another story.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Dwelley [mailto:maine2me@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 7:58 AM
To: HealeyRic2@aol.com; spridgets@autox.team.net;
teamthicko@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Not for Medical Use
I would venture to guess CYA! They don't want to risk
being liable for someones misuse of a product. It
sounds stupid but there are actual lawsuits pending
and some that were won because there wasn't a warning
not to do something.
The biggest one that comes to mind is Lawn Boy (the
lawn mower manufacturer) A couple of guys needed to
trim a hedge but forgot to bring the hedge trimmer.
one got the bright idea that they could use the lawn
mower if one held onto the front and the other held
onto the back one on each side of the hedge. Guess
what...one of them lost his grip and the other got
injured. They took Lawn Boy to court stating that
there wasn't any warnings in the paperwork stating
"Not for use to trim hedges".
Outcome...Lawn Boy lost the lawsuit and had to pay
some very big bucks to these two idiots.
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
--- HealeyRic2@aol.com wrote:
> Listers
>
> Received the latest Eastwood catalog yesterday and
> noticed the Portable,
> Illuminated, Hawkeye Borescope that allows one to
> "inspect and diagnosis the
> interiors of blocks
> cylinder heads, rears, and "other hidden areas". by
> inserting a lighted
> probe. Overlayed on the picture of the device
> probing a cylinder head
> through the spark plug hole is the legend "Not for
> Medical Use" What are
> these guys thinking of? A slow day in the shop with
> the words, "Charlie,
> haul your but over here, drop your drawers,I gotta
> check this bad boy out"?
> Or maybe its just concern that some
> Gastro-Intestinal specialist is going to
> bypass the med supply houses to pick up a deal on
> colonoscopy equipment?
>
> Rick
>
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