# Inventor of an orgasm-inducing device has dearth of test subjects **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444 "2003-11-26T19:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/1 "2003-11-26T19:45:13Z")
> [@](#): > > [Reuters](http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=3897324§ion=news) > 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 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. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/2 "2003-11-26T19:49:37Z")
And the internal combustion engine is reinvented. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/3 "2003-11-26T19:58:17Z")
Something about the words “electrodes,” “inserted,” and “spine” used in the same sentence puts ME off, anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/4 "2003-11-26T20:32:24Z")
Hmm…think I’ll stick with the good ol’ vibrator. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/5 "2003-11-26T20:37:58Z")
So this woman walks into a lab and says “Is this where I can get one of those orgasm-inducing implants?” Doctor: “Certainly, ma’am. Come this way.” \ Woman: “If I could come that way, I wouldn’t need the implant!” \ ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/6 "2003-11-26T20:58:50Z")
I’ve heard about that. Wasn’t it accidently found by using electrostimulation for some other pain-relief purpose? I hope they put some sort of automatic cutout of that thing. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/7 "2003-11-26T21:55:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \* > \*\*I hope they put some sort of automatic cutout of that thing. :eek: \*\* Yeah, I’m reminded of the experiment where they put a wire directly into the pleasure center of a rat’s brain and gave him access to a switch that stimulated it. The rat just sat there and pressed the switch again and again until it starved to death… ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/8 "2003-11-26T22:03:12Z")
Not having had an orgasm for 4 years?!? Holy cow. I make sure my GF finishes 6-8 times everytime! This machine would make her head explode. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/9 "2003-11-26T22:17:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \* > **I’ve heard about that. Wasn’t it accidently found by using electrostimulation for some other pain-relief purpose?** Yep, same thing. If not for the recent (I assume) FDA approval for testing purposes, I wouldn’t have mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/10 "2003-11-27T03:43:59Z")
Let’s see, I could let them implant _electrodes_ in my _spine_, or I could implant my wee-wee in a hoo-hoo. Hmm. Let me think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/11 "2003-11-27T03:49:07Z")
Women who have trouble reaching orgasms generally have psychological problems they need to work out. I’m doubtful this device will help with that. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/12 "2003-11-27T03:53:06Z")
Am I the only one who saw the News report and thought, “Well Woody Allen already invented that in the movie Sleeper”? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/13 "2003-11-27T04:12:16Z")
What’s all this talk about “Sleeper”? Did no one but me see “Barberella”? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/14 "2003-11-27T04:39:38Z")
Nobody else wants to admit it, Reeder. ---
**Author:** ![Sketch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sketch)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/15 "2003-11-27T05:54:19Z")
I originally read the title as \*\*Inventor of an orgasm-inducing device has death of test subjects \*\* That’s a powerful orgasm-inducing device. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/16 "2003-11-27T06:58:01Z")
**whistlepig** , I saw this on CNN when I was sitting in the airport, and they actually showed a clip from _Sleeper_. And although I haven’t seen Barbarella, that’s what I thought of the first time they used the word “orgasmatron.” Anyway, despite the fact this device will probably make it much easier for some people to waste their lives the way they’ve always wanted to, I agree with **Chavardcz**. ---
**Author:** ![Mearl\_Dox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Mearl\_Dox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mearl_Dox)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/17 "2003-11-27T07:40:32Z")
Yeah… although this could probably be helpful for women who have troubles for some physical reason, I imagine most of the women who are open-minded enough about sex to appreciate this invention don’t have trouble getting orgasms via old fashioned methods. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/18 "2003-11-27T07:52:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by badmana \* > \*\*Not having had an orgasm for 4 years?!? Holy cow. > > I make sure my GF finishes 6-8 times everytime! > > This machine would make her head explode. \*\* I’d probably break the machine within less than 5 minutes, with the kind of reaction I get to sexual stimulation… but I think I need to refrain from detail in that arena. 😉 😛 ---
**Author:** ![wyforjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@wyforjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wyforjay)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/19 "2003-11-27T07:57:10Z")
well, i dono about others, but as a single (lonesome) female, i could use a guaranteed orgasm once in a while… beats pickin’ some a\*\*\* up in a bar… ---
**Author:** ![Mearl\_Dox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Mearl\_Dox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mearl_Dox)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444/20 "2003-11-27T08:46:02Z")
Yeah, but **wyforjay** , they’ve already invented devices for that which don’t require surgery! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-an-orgasm-inducing-device-has-dearth-of-test-subjects/215444.md?page=2)