“[At] first I wasn’t too keen on it—test it on myself? Really?” Bimek says. “But, on the other hand, did I have any other option? No. How could I find out if it works? How should I know about the operation, possible pain, possible complications? How could I tell anyone anything about living with the SLV every day, how life changes or not? How would I know what still had to be changed? I didn’t want to do any animal testing.”
“So there was no other option other than testing it on myself,” he adds. “Isn’t that something most inventors do?”