This item nicknames a type of cataract surgery in which a cystotome makes a series of incisions into the lens capsule. It’s not a fighter plane, but the P-38 type of these objects was included in the MCIs issued by the US Army. George Goodman’s Paper Money popularized a joke in which economists stranded on an island “assume” that there’s one of these devices. The frontman of The Long Winters, John Roderick, made a (*) “teaching moment” out of his daughter’s inability to use one of these devices, earning him the label “bean dad.” William Lyman patented the first rotating wheel design of these devices, to which a serrated “feed wheel” was added to help grip edges. For 10 points, what device is needed to access the contents of metal food containers without pop-up tabs? ■END■
ANSWER: can openers [or tin openers; or can opener capsulotomy; or "assume a can opener"]
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