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Real Life Orgasmatron
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 A pain-management physician and researcher has accidentally discovered an orgasm break-through for female sufferers of orgasm dysfunction as well as males with erectile dysfunction.
Named after an electromagnetic orgasm chamber in the 1970's cult classic Sleeper, Dr. Stuart Meloy's Orgasmatron uses electrode stimulation in the spine to create the very real sensation of vaginal orgasm, and in men, it helps to create erections and facilitate more powerful orgasms. When the device's pulse intensity is cranked up to maximum, some women find their vaginal and rectal muscles squeezing rhythmically in time with the pulses, even before the actual orgasm starts.
But before you get too excited, the device requires spine surgery to install as the electrodes are squeezed into the space between vertebrae in the actual spinal cord. Then an Altoid-tin sized box rests outside your body just above the pelvis. Dr. Meloy hopes to get the outer portion of the device down to the size of two sticks of chewing gum. The final part is the remote control that allows you to turn the electrical pulses on and off as well as control the intensity and timing of the signal.
So essentially, you or your lover can manipulate the controller to get a big O or just foreplay. One female patient's orgasms felt so real, she mused whether it would be cheating to let someone besides her husband manipulate the remote. That made me wonder, what if the dog accidentally steps on the remote and you cum? Does that make it bestiality? Or what if your kid gets into the remote and starts playing around with it before you can snatch it away... and you cum? Or my favorite scenario: An enraged spouse pushes the buttons maniacally, bringing you to climax over and over until you collapse. Could that harm or kill you? The orgasm-machine in Barbarella (another 1970's cult classic) was used for such nefarious purposes.
But how does one accidentally discover a device that makes women cum?
He was in the operating room one day in 1998, implanting electrodes into a patient's spine to treat her chronic leg pain. (The electrodes are connected to a device that fires impulses to the brain to block pain signals.) But when he turned on the power, "the patient suddenly let out something between a shriek and moan," says Meloy, an anesthesiologist and pain specialist in North Carolina. Asked what was wrong, she replied, "You'll have to teach my husband how to do that."
Nice. What Dr. Meloy discovered while conversing with a gynecology peer shortly thereafter is that orgasm dysfunction is apparently quite common in women. So, Meloy had found his calling: To help female patients reach orgasm more frequently and intensely, with greater ease.
And what about men who can't seem to keep an erection and perhaps can't safely take Viagra?
Meloy says he has also implanted two impotent men with the device. Both volunteers were able to achieve an erection and reportedly had powerful ejaculations. Meloy sees two potential male markets for the device. One includes men with erectile dysfunction who take nitrates for heart disease and therefore cannot take Viagra or similar medications, like Jack Nicholson's character in the film "Something's Gotta Give." The other might be recreational users, men interested in boosting their existing erections and ejaculations -- and willing to pay for elective surgery.
The Orgasmatron is going to set you back about $12,000 - roughly, the cost of breast implants. And most likely Meloy won't have market approval from the FDA until another 2-3 years of research and tweaking. But if you're interested in learning more about his research, check out his page on the Advanced Interventional Pain Management (AIPM) site.
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Call him doctor 'Orgasmatron' (LA Times)
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posted by Leksi
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