B researchersC.
The Institute of Technology is trying to help people with paralysis and people with limbs paralysis solve daily problems that have been ignored in high school
How to help people live a satisfying sex life: how to regenerate the damaged spinal cord.
A prototype of the vibrators of eight male and female paralyzed patients and quadriasis patients was developed later
Secondary institutions.
They will conduct clinical trials in October.
Vibration of developers
The stimulus wants it to be commercially available around the world to solve recurring problems
The sexual needs of the disabled were ignored.
"I think there is a lot of resentment, and sex is not being looked at even though it's a priority," said Dr.
Stacey Elliott, director. C.
The Center for Sexual Medicine, who will lead clinical trials.
According to 2004 surveys of 681 spine patients
In the United States, patients with paralysis have the highest priority in restoring sexual function, higher than improving bladder and intestinal function.
The findings were published in the Journal of Neurotrauma.
People with spinal cord injuries often use vibrators to sexually evoke because their brains do not recognize physical contact and have a powerful "enhancement" function, Elliott said.
Up "devices are required. The high-
The frequency device developed by BCIT is similar to the vibrator used by Elliott clinic, which can retrieve sperm medically, making disabled men father.
"The ability to feel excited to change or even orgasm is a huge priority, so if these vibrators can help more people feel more happy, that would be a huge contribution, said Elliott.
"In Sexual Medicine, we can never separate our body and mind, so that's the point.
"The vibrators sold at the sex goods store are not strong enough because the change in nerves after spinal cord injury is similar to the fact that the telephone line is cut off, which means that the signals sent by the brain do not feel in the body, Elliott said. User-
Friendly design also due to problems such as limited hand activity, the traditional vibrator is not suitable for people with spinal injury in ergonomics.
They are very difficult to control, they are super expensive.
They could heat up.
But if you don't feel good, you don't feel the heat, says Elliott.
Nigel Hasted said that issues such as how the equipment was caught, manipulated and controlled were taken into account during the design process, including the focus group's input, the research assistant at B. C.
Research group of health technology of Institute of Technology.
Dave Hinton, executive director of the Canadian Paralysis Association, said about 40,000 people across the country suffer from some type of spinal cord injury.
Sex is a hot topic for support groups across Canada, he said.
"At any time there is equipment, procedures, anything that conforms to this principle will improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries, as long as it is properly tested and medically approved, then of course, we support such a thing, "says Hinton in Ottawa.
The vibrator was developed through university B funding. C. -
Based in the international collaboration of the repair discovery research center under the Rick Hansen Man in Motion Foundation.