The portable programmer, which plugs into the DC port under the locks, can also open any door, even providing power through that port to trigger the mechanism of a door lock in which the battery has runout.
She's been known to sew buttons, remove stains and even catch you on the way outthedoor to stop a stocking's run in its tracks with a dab of clear nail polish.
"If someone comes in and can barely move, they put on this big drama, then you see them get up and runoutthedoor, even my youngest son could figure that out, " said Cope, a member ofthe American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Pain Medicines.