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The_Dude · 11-27-2003, 05:47 PM

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Women Needed to Test Orgasm Machine
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LONDON (Reuters) - Wanted: women to test new orgasm machine

No, really. An American surgeon who has patented a device that triggers an orgasm has begun a clinical trial approved by the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) in the United States and is looking for female volunteers.

"I thought people would be beating my door down to become part of the trial," pain specialist Dr Stuart Meloy told New Scientist magazine on Wednesday.

But so far only one woman has completed the first stage of the trial, with apparently breathtaking results, and a second has agreed to take part.

Meloy, of Piedmont Anesthesia and Pain Consultants in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is hoping to find eight more volunteers willing to have electrodes inserted in their spine and be connected to a pacemaker-size machine implanted under the skin to heighten their sexual pleasure.

The married woman who tested the machine, dubbed an orgasmatron, had not had an orgasm for four years. But during the nine days she used it, she had several.

"She even told me she had the first multiple orgasm of her life using the device," said Meloy.

He stumbled on the unexpected side-effect while using a spinal cord stimulator a few years ago to treat a patient suffering with severe back pain. The woman had already had back surgery for degenerative disk disease and fusion surgery.

When Meloy placed the electrodes into a specific spot on her spine to find nerve bundles carrying pain signals to the brain, she moaned with delight.

"You're going to have to teach my husband how to do that," he quoted her as saying.

The tiny impulses of electricity applied to the electrodes seemed to have turned on the patient's orgasm button.

Although the device has been compared to the orgasmatron featured in the 1973 Woody Allen film "Sleeper," Meloy envisions patients using it temporarily to retrain their sexual response.

The women in the trial described it as "really excellent foreplay."

Although some medical experts are skeptical about the procedure and say a vibrator can produce the same results, Meloy believes it could help to improve sexual response in women who cannot have orgasms and might even help men as well.

A full implant of the device would cost about 13,000 pounds ($22,000).

"I don't see it any differently from procedures such as breast implants," Meloy told the magazine.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...alth_orgasm_dc

Any volunteers?

Personally, i think it's quite drastic to have something inserted in your spinal cord to have an orgasm.

SecretMethod70 · 11-27-2003, 07:25 PM

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Originally posted by The_Dude

Personally, i think it's quite drastic to have something inserted in your spinal cord to have an orgasm.

Dude, I agree with you here. Then again, some people simply have a very hard time reaching orgasm and maybe for them this is the only option - although I highly doubt it.

Finchie · 11-27-2003, 07:39 PM

Wait, so to have an orgasm, you need to be physically connected to a machine? Way to kill the mood there. Now if it was wireless...that would be pretty

Phaenx · 11-27-2003, 07:42 PM

Instant orgasm? Gee, if they had those for men I'd be able to free up at least 8 hours a day.

feelgood · 11-27-2003, 07:49 PM

Ok...fantasy time...

If every women in the world actually installed a device of some kind in their spinal to electronically activiate orgasm. And I invent a device that can activate all of those device at once (wireless of course). Damn, *wipes tear* I'd be the most fucking popular bastard on this beautiful planet...

streak_56 · 11-27-2003, 07:51 PM

I've already invented it. Killed my gf. Broke her spine and she bled to death. It sucks but now my life will forever be lonely.

cchris · 11-27-2003, 08:33 PM

The typical Australian male jumps for joy.

Sunday arfternoon football and the missus wants to do some horizontal folk dancing.
Hubby don't feel like it so grabs remote control and gets her off.

Now,if we can just invent a device that brings the beer from kitchen to lounge room.

rainheart · 11-27-2003, 09:59 PM

You know The_Dude, at first I thought you were going to be doing self promotion before I read the article.

Soon enough everybody is going to be running around with garage door openers.

Kurant · 11-27-2003, 10:12 PM

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Originally posted by streak_56
I've already invented it. Killed my gf. Broke her spine and she bled to death. It sucks but now my life will forever be lonely.

Uhh, wierd.

This will haunt my dreams forever.

raeanna74 · 11-28-2003, 06:05 AM

Nope. Not interested. The hands on way of achieving an orgasm is quite satisfying for me. I can't imagine what it's like for women who can have orgasms so maybe this would be worth it to them. I personally would never be interested because the device is put INTO my body. I wouldn't want that besides the pain left from the surgery and the maintanance possibly required down the road. Forget it. Who knows what the side effect would be. You're messing with the nervous system and the spine is so valuable to me. No way am I going there. I had a spinal when I had my C-section and it was somewhat painful - I don't understand how this could feel GOOD.

Sho Nuff · 11-28-2003, 08:46 AM

This must have been a lot of fun in the product development stage.

hobo · 11-28-2003, 11:20 PM

Spine surgery in order to get electrodes to make orgasms easier to reach? Um, totally overkill.

coedipus · 11-30-2003, 03:29 PM

Wow, I'm surprised this isn't one of the yahoo news weekly world news stories. Usually when stories like this come up on boards they are from that section. Seems a little extreme to me anyway, considering most evidence shows these problems in women to be linked to psychological factors, and that they'd be better served by therapy then medication, or something as extreme as this.

rockzilla · 11-30-2003, 05:15 PM

/me grabs crotch

I got yer orgasm machine right here!

Someone had to say it.

wannabenakid247 · 12-01-2003, 06:42 AM

I would volunteer what the hell.

riptide4070 · 12-01-2003, 08:58 AM

I agree that is drastic. It was very interesting to read though

Scorps · 12-01-2003, 09:38 AM

Thats funny how not one woman wants to test it.

Averett · 12-01-2003, 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by The_Dude
Personally, i think it's quite drastic to have something inserted in your spinal cord to have an orgasm.

Yup, too drastic. One slip of the knife and I'm in a wheelchair.

phunktastic · 12-01-2003, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by Averett
Yup, too drastic. One slip of the knife and I'm in a wheelchair.

But at least you can constantly make yourself orgasm while you're in it!

water_boy1999 · 12-01-2003, 12:00 PM

Now, does this doctor have any volunteers to watch these women achieve an orgasm?

(leaves TFP to call Dr Stuart Meloy)

WarWagon · 12-01-2003, 12:48 PM

I hope it never goes to market. The divorce rate is high enough as it is already, and I'm having a hard enough time staying with my SO as it is.

Lasereth · 12-01-2003, 03:35 PM

Winston-Salem North Carolina? That's where I live! Ha ha. I haven't heard about it, but I doubt this would make it on the news for any amount of time. Oh well, the tests are done in London, but the first...umm, experimenter, was from my hometown.

-Lasereth

Baldrick · 12-01-2003, 04:40 PM

Okay, spinal surgery AND $22,000 for this?!?

If this was available for us blokes, I could never imagine putting myself through the risk and the extreme cost of this. As important as the almighty orgasm is, thanks but no thanks...

11-27-2003, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Phaenx The Northern Ward Location: Columbus, Ohio	Instant orgasm? Gee, if they had those for men I'd be able to free up at least 8 hours a day. __________________ "I went shopping last night at like 1am. The place was empty and this old woman just making polite conversation said to me, 'where is everyone??' I replied, 'In bed, same place you and I should be!' Took me ten minutes to figure out why she gave me a dirty look." --Some guy

11-27-2003, 07:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Ok...fantasy time... If every women in the world actually installed a device of some kind in their spinal to electronically activiate orgasm. And I invent a device that can activate all of those device at once (wireless of course). Damn, wipes tear I'd be the most fucking popular bastard on this beautiful planet... __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

11-27-2003, 08:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	The typical Australian male jumps for joy. Sunday arfternoon football and the missus wants to do some horizontal folk dancing. Hubby don't feel like it so grabs remote control and gets her off. Now,if we can just invent a device that brings the beer from kitchen to lounge room. __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery

11-28-2003, 06:05 AM	#10 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Nope. Not interested. The hands on way of achieving an orgasm is quite satisfying for me. I can't imagine what it's like for women who can have orgasms so maybe this would be worth it to them. I personally would never be interested because the device is put INTO my body. I wouldn't want that besides the pain left from the surgery and the maintanance possibly required down the road. Forget it. Who knows what the side effect would be. You're messing with the nervous system and the spine is so valuable to me. No way am I going there. I had a spinal when I had my C-section and it was somewhat painful - I don't understand how this could feel GOOD. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.

11-28-2003, 08:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
Sho Nuff Addict Location: Harlem	This must have been a lot of fun in the product development stage. __________________ I know Nietzsche doesnt rhyme with peachy, but you sound like a pretentious prick when you correct me. Last edited by Sho Nuff; 11-28-2003 at 08:50 AM..

11-27-2003, 07:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Finchie Tilted	Wait, so to have an orgasm, you need to be physically connected to a machine? Way to kill the mood there. Now if it was wireless...that would be pretty

11-27-2003, 07:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	I've already invented it. Killed my gf. Broke her spine and she bled to death. It sucks but now my life will forever be lonely.

11-27-2003, 09:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
rainheart Psycho	You know The_Dude, at first I thought you were going to be doing self promotion before I read the article. Soon enough everybody is going to be running around with garage door openers.

11-28-2003, 11:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
hobo Archangel of Change	Spine surgery in order to get electrodes to make orgasms easier to reach? Um, totally overkill.

11-30-2003, 03:29 PM	#13 (permalink)
coedipus Upright	Wow, I'm surprised this isn't one of the yahoo news weekly world news stories. Usually when stories like this come up on boards they are from that section. Seems a little extreme to me anyway, considering most evidence shows these problems in women to be linked to psychological factors, and that they'd be better served by therapy then medication, or something as extreme as this.

11-30-2003, 05:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
rockzilla Junkie Location: The Kitchen	/me grabs crotch I got yer orgasm machine right here! Someone had to say it.

12-01-2003, 06:42 AM	#15 (permalink)
wannabenakid247 Registered User Location: Wales, UK	I would volunteer what the hell.

12-01-2003, 08:58 AM	#16 (permalink)
riptide4070 Addict Location: Boone, NC	I agree that is drastic. It was very interesting to read though __________________ "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was making the world believe he didn't exist" -Kevin Spacey 'The Usual Suspects'

12-01-2003, 09:38 AM	#17 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	Thats funny how not one woman wants to test it. __________________ A.K.A. PainTrain

12-01-2003, 12:00 PM	#20 (permalink)
water_boy1999 Fly em straight! Location: Above and Beyond	Now, does this doctor have any volunteers to watch these women achieve an orgasm? (leaves TFP to call Dr Stuart Meloy) __________________ Doh!!!! -Homer Simpson

12-01-2003, 12:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
WarWagon Loser	I hope it never goes to market. The divorce rate is high enough as it is already, and I'm having a hard enough time staying with my SO as it is.

12-01-2003, 03:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Winston-Salem North Carolina? That's where I live! Ha ha. I haven't heard about it, but I doubt this would make it on the news for any amount of time. Oh well, the tests are done in London, but the first...umm, experimenter, was from my hometown. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

12-01-2003, 04:40 PM	#23 (permalink)
Baldrick We are everywhere... Location: Barrie, Ontario	Okay, spinal surgery AND $22,000 for this?!? If this was available for us blokes, I could never imagine putting myself through the risk and the extreme cost of this. As important as the almighty orgasm is, thanks but no thanks...