Mar 27, 2022 18:00:00

An engineer who was appalled by medical expenses of about 8 million yen developed an X-ray device at home

Will Othman, an engineer and YouTuber who faced a $ 69,213.32 medical bill, created an X-ray device at home and succeeded in taking an X-ray picture of his hand. ..

Built My Own X-Ray After a Hospital Charged Me $ 69,210.32 --YouTube


Mr. Ottoman challenged himself to develop X-ray photographs because he was treated at a hospital, including an X-ray examination, and the bill was too expensive. Fortunately, Mr. Ottoman has health insurance and the burden was limited to $ 2491.64 (about 300,000 yen), but when combined with the premium paid, it will be a total burden of $ 813.51 (about 1 million yen). It seems that it has been done.

Mr. Ottoman, who was skeptical about such a bill, said that he decided to create an X-ray device, thinking 'Can I make a medical device by myself?'

First, Mr. Ottoman hit eBay and got a power supply device compatible with high voltage for 400 dollars (about 50,000 yen) and an X-ray vacuum tube for 155 dollars (about 20,000 yen). It seems that they also got a smaller X-ray generator for dental treatment and combined them to make an X-ray device.

'You might think it's stupid to play with a high voltage of 60,000 volts, but it's okay because you have health insurance!'

'One more thing, my will to science is stronger than my will to live, and I think it's better to do science and die than not,' Ottoman says with enthusiasm.

Mr. Ottoman connects the power supply and the X-ray device made from the X-ray vacuum tube. When an electric current is passed ...

The vacuum tube glowed.

It is said that X-rays are emitted when both the power supply and the X-ray device are turned on, but Mr. Ottoman said here, 'Some safety measures need to be taken.' Mr. Ottoman prepared a Geiger counter and a lead plate ...

Guard your crotch by saying, 'Protect your most valuable assets.'

And now it's radiation.

As the current increased, the Geiger counter started beeping.

'This means I took an X-ray in the garage,' said Ottoman, who is good at it. Next, Mr. Ottoman prepared an

intensifying screen used for taking X-ray photographs and decided to conduct an experiment with a gel-like toy that imitated a human finger.

If you shoot with a camera that irradiates X-rays for a few seconds and lowers the shutter speed ...

I succeeded in casting the shadow of a toy on the intensifying screen. ..

Next, Mr. Ottoman took sufficient safety measures and ...

I also succeeded in taking an X-ray picture of my hand.

Satisfied with the results, Ottoman asked the hospital by phone, 'How much does it cost to take an X-ray of my hand without insurance?'

Then, the hospital replied, 'From $ 200 (about 24,000 yen) to $ 300 (about 37,000 yen) ... it may be higher.' Upon hearing this, Ottoman said, 'This price will be about the same as the device I made (except for the camera). I think it's very easy to take an X-ray at home.'