Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Inventor of Sarco Pod Unveils New Assisted Dying Device
Dr. Philip Nitschke, who created a suicide pod called Sarco, has now made a new device called the Kairos Kollar.
This collar goes around your neck and puts pressure on certain points to stop blood flow to your brain, making you lose consciousness quickly and then die.
He showed it at a workshop and said it works like a car airbag—you press a button, and it happens fast.
Some people think the Sarco pod isn't safe, but Dr. Nitschke believes this new device is better because it doesn't use drugs and is hard to control.
He wants to help people who want to end their lives in a way they choose.
Dr. Philip Nitschke, inventor of the Sarco pod, unveiled a new assisted dying device called the Kairos Kollar.
The Kairos Kollar applies pressure to the carotid arteries and baroreceptors, causing rapid loss of consciousness and death.
Nitschke demonstrated the device at an Exit International workshop, comparing its function to a car airbag.
The device is intended to be a fast, reliable, and drug-free method for assisted dying.
Critics argue that the Sarco pod does not meet safety and product-regulation requirements, though assisted dying is legally protected in some circumstances in Switzerland.
- Who
- Dr. Philip Nitschke, founder of Exit International
- What
- Unveiling of the Kairos Kollar, a new assisted dying device
- When
- A few days ago (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- During an Exit International workshop
- Why
- To provide a fast, reliable, and drug-free method for assisted dying
- Inventor
- Dr. Philip Nitschke
- Organization
- Exit International
- Device Name
- Kairos Kollar
- Mechanism
- Pressure on carotid arteries and baroreceptors
- Location of Demonstration
- Exit International workshop
- Previous Device
- Sarco pod
- Legal Context
- Assisted dying is legally protected in some circumstances in Switzerland
- Criticism
- Sarco pod does not meet safety and product-regulation requirements