David Cohen's "women who can't reach orgasm" can now plant a device in their spine that will trigger feelings for them.
With the approval of the Food and Drug Administration, clinical trials of the "climax" have begun in the United States.
Two years ago, after New Scientist broke the news of its existence and used the word "climax" to describe it, the device became the focus of media attention.
However, despite the wide coverage, few people volunteered to attend the trial.
"I thought people would close my door and be part of the trial," said Stuart Meloy, a surgeon who applied for a patent for treatment.
"But so far I have had a hard time finding people.
"It doesn't surprise some experts who think there is too much radical problem with implant treatment.
"If you can do it with a vibrator, why would you do it intrusive?
Asked Marca Sipski of the University of Miami, he studied the sexual function of women with spinal cord injuries.
Only one woman completed the first phase of the trial and another woman was signing up.
Meloy would like to find eight more to complete the first phase of the study, where the wires connected to the battery pack are inserted into the female spinal cord through the skin.
Meloy said the operation was not at a higher risk than epidural anesthesia.
But among women up to the fifth, the hard spine membrane causes complications such as back pain.
In the second stage, a self
Devices equipped with similar pacemakers will be implanted under the skin and turned on and off with a remote control.
Malloy is a pain specialist at Winston Piemont Anesthesia and Pain Consultants
Salem, North Carolina, stumbled across the idea during routine pain.
Relief to a woman.
During this process, two electrodes are inserted into the patient's spine and tiny current pulses are applied.
Patients stay awake throughout the procedure so they can speak out when they feel the pain is relieved.
In one such operation, the patient began to stress.
When Meloy asked what was going on, she said, "You have to teach my husband to do this.
"This effect is already familiar to many surgeons who perform this procedure, but Meloy has filed a patent for the idea of using it to treat sexual dysfunction.
He tried to sell his ideas to a company called Medtronic, but when the company lost interest, he decided to go alone.
He expects a complete implant to cost about a dollar; 13,000.
In October, He implanted wires into a married woman who responded to his appeal to volunteers in local media.
"When the device is turned on, the patient report is almost immediately awakened.
"She described it as 'very good foreplay, '" said Malloy '. ".
The woman has not had a climax for four years, she wore the device for nine days and had seven sexual relationships with her husband.
Malloy says she has an orgasm every time.
"She even told me that she used this device to get multiple orgasms for the first time in her life," he said . ".
But Sipski believes that the use of a vibrator should also work as long as the nerves needed by the body are intact.
"My research shows that orgasm is a purely reflective reaction.
Even feelings associated with orgasm do not require the brain.
Women with complete spinal injuries can still experience orgasm.
Paula Hall, a sexual therapist at the British counseling service, said most sexual dysfunction is caused by psychological factors. “Lack of self-
The most common reason is the lack of awareness and the lack of experiments . "
"In the event that everything else fails, some people may consider surgery, but I don't think it will be successful.
But Malloy is confident.
"I don't think it's any different from breast implants," he said . ".