An Argentinian car mechanic has created an invention that'll suck the baby right outta you, inspired by one of those tools that extracts stuck corks from wine bottles. And apparently, it works so well that health experts are hopeful it could save the lives of thousands of women and babies who have difficult births:

Mr. Odón, 59, an Argentine car mechanic, built his first prototype in his kitchen, using a glass jar for a womb, his daughter’s doll for the trapped baby, and a fabric bag and sleeve sewn by his wife as his lifesaving device... With the Odón Device, an attendant slips a plastic bag inside a lubricated plastic sleeve around the head, inflates it to grip the head and pulls the bag until the baby emerges.

Doctors say it has enormous potential to save babies in poor countries, and perhaps to reduce cesarean section births in rich ones.

“This is very exciting,” said Dr. Mario Merialdi, the W.H.O.’s chief coordinator for improving maternal and perinatal health and an early champion of the Odón Device. “This critical moment of life is one in which there’s been very little advancement for years.”

It's exciting to see someone create a tool so basic and fundamentally useful. I only wish the babies came out with a satisfying "pop" and celebratory gush of cabernet. GET ON THAT, NEW MOMS.