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Redlemon · 10-24-2003, 09:52 AM

This article courtesy of Wired News

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Orgasmatron Puts Tech in Sex

By Leander Kahney

A Texas company claims to have invented a kind of Orgasmatron for women -- an electrical stimulation device that takes women to a pre-orgasmic state.

Stimulation Systems' Slightest Touch is a $200 battery-powered device that electrically stimulates sexual nerve pathways in a woman's pelvis.

Unlike Woody Allen's Orgasmatron, the device doesn't produce orgasms -- it just gets a woman ready for an orgasm, the company claims.

Applied 10 to 20 minutes before sex, the company says the device's gentle, pulsating current brings its wearer to a state of sexual readiness, where the "slightest touch" can trigger an orgasm.

"The name is very accurate," said Romaine Patterson, a talk show host on Sirius satellite radio who tested the product and has become an enthusiastic and regular user.

"As a journalist, I didn't have much faith in the product going into it, but it changed my mind," Patterson continued. "It warms the oven. It brings women to the one-yard line.... It's a wonderful product. I think the world of it."

Another enthusiastic user, Mia Poehlmann, 29, of Dallas, said, "I had multiple multiples. (My boyfriend) finally said, 'You've got to take that thing off.'"

About the size of a Walkman, the Slightest Touch works via a pair of electrical pads attached to the ankles.

According to the company, the current stimulates two acupuncture points related to three nerve pathways in the pelvic region -- the hypogastric, pelvic and pudendal nerves.

"This is a nice marriage of high technology, classic nerve theory and ancient Chinese meridian theory," said senior design engineer Norman Comparini.

The device produces a "very gentle tingling sensation" in the lower ankle, and "butterflies" or "sparklers" in the pelvis, said Cherisse Davidson, Stimulation Systems' director of customer support, who said she's been using the device for more than three years.

"It's the same feeling as making out with someone and you're getting very turned on," said Davidson. "It makes you desire sex.

"I prefer my sex with it," she added. "It intensifies the experience. The orgasms are more intense, they last longer and I usually have more than one."

The company said the Slightest Touch was invented by accident. One of the four co-inventors, who are being kept anonymous, was trying to develop an electrical foot massager. Using his girlfriend as a test subject, the prototype didn't do so much for her feet, but it did stimulate her sexually, Comparini said.

Comparini said the company has sold about 2,000 units since the product launched last November.

But skeptics abound. Stephen Barrett, a retired psychiatrist from Allentown, Pennsylvania, who runs Quackwatch, said it was highly unlikely that electrical current to the ankles would stimulate the pelvis.

"I can't imagine how that would have anything to do with stimulating the pudendal nerve," he said. "That's nuts. That's bullshit. You're not going to stimulate anything in the pelvis by stimulating the ankle."

Barrett suggested the device might work by suggestion, or some secondary effect like relaxing its wearer.

One woman who used it, and who asked to remain anonymous, said, "You can feel a tingling in your ankles, but I don't know if it really works or it's just in your mind. I think it's in the mind."

Laura Weide, spokeswoman for Toys in Babeland, said the device sounded interesting but the company hadn't yet seen or tested it.

"We welcome all the innovations from the sex-toy industry and can't wait to try this," she said. "We do caution folks about some of the claims that sex-toy marketers promise. No sex toy is going to replace foreplay. No machine will ever replace a person or sexual communication between partners."

This is already being "discussed" on FARK, but it is hard to separate the wheat from the chaff over there.

I'm inclined to believe that this device exists. My wife has a spot just behind her anklebone, on the inside of her leg, that causes her back to arch when I press it (similar to an orgasm, but not as much). I can't understand any of the acupressure pages to figure out what this spot is, however.

Anyone have any idea what the "two acupuncture points related to three nerve pathways in the pelvic region" are?

mb99usa · 10-24-2003, 09:56 AM

I don't know about the acupuncture points but the device sounds really cool. My wife has a hard time making it into the end-zone and anything that would put her right on the edge would be fantastic.

NatureBoy · 10-24-2003, 09:59 AM

I don't know. I feel like using this is cheating. I mean, if I can't get her there, do I really want a 'walkman' getting her there?

mb99usa · 10-24-2003, 10:08 AM

I usually use a vibrator to get her there or very close. This would just be another alternative. I'm not saying it would be an all the time thing, unless she decided that, but it could add to the mix.

Redlemon · 10-24-2003, 10:11 AM

Just checked out their webpage (which is painful to read, but perhaps I'm not the target audience), and their spot is different than the one I'm talking about. "You place the two circular electrode pads on the inside lower ankles about 3 inches above the ankle bone."

It also takes 10-30 minutes to kick in.

mb99usa · 10-24-2003, 10:20 AM

That's a good timeframe for it to work in. She can throw it on while getting ready for bed or gathering the last of the toys for playtime.

Averett · 10-24-2003, 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by NatureBoy
I don't know. I feel like using this is cheating. I mean, if I can't get her there, do I really want a 'walkman' getting her there?

I kind of feel the same way. I think this was invented by a lazy man

mb99usa · 10-24-2003, 10:30 AM

Not true. Some women, my wife being one of them, have a hard time reaching orgasm. She has assurred me it is nothing I am doing or failing to do but she mentally blocks herself. This may help in getting her to a place she cannot back away from as easily.

Averett · 10-24-2003, 10:35 AM

No, I know. I was being a bit too sarcastic.

mb99usa · 10-24-2003, 10:40 AM

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Originally posted by Averett
No, I know. I was being a bit too sarcastic.

No problem Averett. Just wanted to make a point that it could really help in some relationships.

jvwgtr · 10-24-2003, 12:44 PM

It's sort of in line with a reflexology way of thinking, but I have to admit I'm a little skeptical. That doesn't mean I wouldn't try it out --for science, that is.

MEAD · 10-24-2003, 01:36 PM

This is bullshit. Like women need even better orgasms than men.

mb99usa · 10-25-2003, 05:12 AM

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Originally posted by MEAD
This is bullshit. Like women need even better orgasms than men.

If it means I'll get more inthe long run, I'm all for it.

numist · 10-25-2003, 09:29 AM

I'd like to see a picture of where on the ankle we are talking about.... if it can be stimulated manually, I'd rather be the one solely responsible for her orgasm.

Anyone have any photos of the acupressure point?

tritium · 10-25-2003, 10:31 AM

10-24-2003, 09:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
mb99usa Keep on rolling. It only hurts for a little while. Location: wherever I am	I don't know about the acupuncture points but the device sounds really cool. My wife has a hard time making it into the end-zone and anything that would put her right on the edge would be fantastic. __________________ So, what's your point? It's not an attitude, it's a way of life.

10-24-2003, 10:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
mb99usa Keep on rolling. It only hurts for a little while. Location: wherever I am	I usually use a vibrator to get her there or very close. This would just be another alternative. I'm not saying it would be an all the time thing, unless she decided that, but it could add to the mix. __________________ So, what's your point? It's not an attitude, it's a way of life.

10-24-2003, 10:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Just checked out their webpage (which is painful to read, but perhaps I'm not the target audience), and their spot is different than the one I'm talking about. "You place the two circular electrode pads on the inside lower ankles about 3 inches above the ankle bone." It also takes 10-30 minutes to kick in. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

10-24-2003, 10:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
mb99usa Keep on rolling. It only hurts for a little while. Location: wherever I am	That's a good timeframe for it to work in. She can throw it on while getting ready for bed or gathering the last of the toys for playtime. __________________ So, what's your point? It's not an attitude, it's a way of life.

10-24-2003, 10:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
mb99usa Keep on rolling. It only hurts for a little while. Location: wherever I am	Not true. Some women, my wife being one of them, have a hard time reaching orgasm. She has assurred me it is nothing I am doing or failing to do but she mentally blocks herself. This may help in getting her to a place she cannot back away from as easily. __________________ So, what's your point? It's not an attitude, it's a way of life.

10-24-2003, 09:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
NatureBoy Crazy	I don't know. I feel like using this is cheating. I mean, if I can't get her there, do I really want a 'walkman' getting her there?

10-24-2003, 10:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	No, I know. I was being a bit too sarcastic. __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

10-24-2003, 12:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
jvwgtr Completely bananas Location: Florida	It's sort of in line with a reflexology way of thinking, but I have to admit I'm a little skeptical. That doesn't mean I wouldn't try it out --for science, that is.

10-24-2003, 01:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
MEAD Insane Location: South Florida	This is bullshit. Like women need even better orgasms than men.

10-25-2003, 09:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	I'd like to see a picture of where on the ankle we are talking about.... if it can be stimulated manually, I'd rather be the one solely responsible for her orgasm. Anyone have any photos of the acupressure point?

10-25-2003, 10:31 AM	#15 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	Wow. __________________ Blah.