Published on: 1/10/2016IST
New Contraceptive Method for Men
A German Scientist might have at long last split the ideal type of male contraception.
The Daily Mail report Clemens Bimek has concocted a 'spermatic channel valve', which he says can possibly 'change the world' by offering a prophylactic that is as viable as a vasectomy without the drawback of it being perpetual.
The valve works by preventing sperm from coming to the penis. The gadget is embedded inside, and is intended to redirect the stream of sperm back to the man's testicles, making him briefly barren.
In the event that later on the client chooses he needs kids he should do nothing more than discover the insert in his balls and flick the switch back, permitting sperm to be discharged.
So far Mr Bimek is the one and only to utilize the gadget yet he's wanting to subsidize further trials with 25 other men early this year.
The insert, which is 1.8cm long and measures 2 grams, takes about 30 minutes to be surgically embedded while the patient is under neighborhood soporific.
The valve is embedded in the spermatic channels with a rocker switch, which clients can without much of a stretch find through the slim skin of the scrotum and turn on and off.
The bearing of the change is easy to recall, to open the valve whatever you do is push the switch towards your belly. Once embedded the gadget, called the Bimek SLV, will work always, Bimek claims.
By gadget's site, in its shut state the valve keeps sperm cells from leaving the testicles and blending with the semen before discharge.
Be that as it may, the creators caution it will take somewhere around three and six months for men to dispose of any waiting sperm cells, so clients will be stuck wearing "johnnys" for some time after surgery. Exchanging it back the other way ought to give prompt results on the grounds that men never quit creating sperm cells.
Experts are divided over its potential effectiveness. Dr Wolfgang Bühmann, spokesman for the Society of German Urologists, said the valve could have negative side effects.
He said:
I believe that the implantation of this valve could lead to scar tissue building up in the seminal ducts.
He was also worried that sperm could stick to the valve which could lead to it clogging up the switch mechanism over time.
However, urologist Hartwig Bauer told Der Spiegel it was far more flexible than vasectomies.
He said:
A third of all patients would like to have such operations reversed at a later date. But it doesn’t always work.
As interesting as this is, surgery seems a bit extreme – think I might just stick to condoms.
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