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DOCTOR DISCOVERS NEW medical breakthrough!!

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:34 pm
by rainstorm
Dr. Stuart Meloy, an anesthesiologist and pain specialist in Winston-Salem, says he hopes the orgasmatron will help women struggling with sexual dysfunction. (ABC News)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 9, 2004 -- While Dr. Stuart Meloy was working on a new device to treat chronic pain, he was surprised to discover it could also bring pleasure to his female patients.

While Meloy, an anesthesiologist and pain specialist in Winston-Salem, was putting an electrode into the spine of a female patient with chronic back pain, the woman reported a decrease in her pain and a delightful, but very unexpected, side effect.



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"When we turned on the power in this case, she let out a moan and began hyperventilating," Meloy said on ABC News' Good Morning America. "Of course we cut the power and I looked around the drapes and asked her what was going on. Once she caught her breath, she said 'you're gonna have to teach my husband how to do that!' "

Meloy soon realized he may have discovered a device that could help thousands of women who have trouble achieving orgasm.

"The device is the use of a pre-existing device called a spinal cord stimulator," he said. "Instead of treating chronic pain with the stimulator, we're treating orgasmic dysfunction," Meloy said.

In a surgical procedure done in his office, Meloy implants the electrodes from this device into the back of the patient, at the bottom part of the spinal cord. When the electrodes are stimulated with a remote control, the brain interprets the signal as an orgasm, he said. The device is about the size of a pacemaker and can be turned on and off with a handheld remote control.

Meloy conducted a study of 11 women that he has submitted for publication to the Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

"Six of them had never had an orgasm before," Meloy said. "Five of them had and then lost the ability. The results were promising in my mind. We were able to stimulate 91 percent of the women, 10 out of 11."

A 48-year-old woman who participated in the study told Good Morning America she lost her ability to achieve orgasm when menopause hit. But she says the device, dubbed the orgasmatron, allowed her to experience extreme pleasure once again.

"Once we found the controls, what caused the stimulation to be greater … more pleasurable, that's when I saw the results. I did have orgasm, and there were a couple of times that I had multiple orgasms because of the stimulator," said the woman, who asked to remain anonymous.

She said it was difficult to part with the orgasmatron when the study ended.

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:52 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
Interesting study, that's all I gotta say. More power to the women if you ask me.

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:53 pm
by alicia-w
and it doesnt snore!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:54 pm
by rainstorm
alicia-w wrote:and it doesnt snore!!!


lol!!! :lol:

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:55 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
We hear anything but snoring, hehehe :lol:

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:59 pm
by alicia-w
and you dont have to constantly remind it to put the seat down

or fill the ice cube trays

or take out the trash

and no more barking spiders!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:01 pm
by rainstorm
just flip the switch!!

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:02 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
Turn it up high rather than low. :wink: Beyond that I wish you the best of luck :D

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:49 pm
by Derek Ortt
I wouldnt classify this as a medical breakthrough

doesnt do men any good whatsoever

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:08 pm
by streetsoldier
OH, yes it does...it relieves us of "performance-on-demand", so that we can watch that all-improtant football game w/o interruption. :larrow:

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:42 pm
by rainstorm
men may become obsolete, soldier. lol!!

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:06 pm
by coriolis
Um...Let's just say that, that device would not be needed around here, if you know what I mean.

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:16 pm
by streetsoldier
No, we won't, rainstorm...who will "wash the clothes, fold them, iron them, put them away, THEN do all the family dishes/pots/pans, put themaway, AND take the dog out...in...out...in"?

ME, that's who.

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:14 am
by rainstorm
cool, men are still needed!!

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:32 am
by george_r_1961
May I suggest long-life batteries and an optional AC adapter..for the woman on the go?

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:46 pm
by rainstorm
interesting suggestion

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:33 pm
by GalvestonDuck
Do I dare link you guys to the Rubber Duck? :lol:

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:43 pm
by furluvcats
SIGN ME UP! :)

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:11 pm
by vbhoutex
alicia-w wrote:and it doesnt snore!!!


How did I know that was coming? Are you related to my wife? :roll:

You have barking spiders in Florida too? :lol: :lol:

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:40 pm
by rainstorm
furluvcats wrote:SIGN ME UP! :)



aint medical science wonderful?