Sarco III began production in December 2021. This model incorporates numerous design modifications from the two earlier models while echoing the original aesthetic. Sarco III is expected to be used in Switzerland in 2022. Why Switzerland? Because only in Switzerland can one person give the Sarco to another person to use. In Switzerland, anyone can help another person die, as long as their motives are altruistic. Providing a person with a Sarco fits this criteria.
Concept
The concept of Sarco has been based on the need for the means of a peaceful, elective death that uses no drugs. Philip’s main idea was to develop a non-pharmacological device that pro- vides a peaceful death. The non-drug character of the Sarco was considered important because once the use of drugs is re- moved from the picture, so is the need for a doctor to prescribe those drugs.