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flag Creator of $1 million "suicide capsule" denies claims of strangulation in user's death, insists device worked as intended.

flag Philip Nitschke, creator of the "suicide capsule" Sarco, has denied claims that the first user, a U.S. woman in Switzerland, may have been strangled. flag The device, costing $1 million to develop, allows users to push a button that releases nitrogen gas, causing death by suffocation. flag Nitschke insists the device worked as intended, though Swiss prosecutors suggest strangulation. flag The case is under investigation, with Swiss law permitting assisted suicide if there's no external assistance and no self-serving motives.

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