For all the men out there who just aren't ready to go under the knife, this plug is for you. Researchers in Australian researchers are designing a radio-controlled implant to keep the little guys from reproducing.
Rather than the likely permanent effects of a vasectomy, the radio-controlled implant can be turned on and off with a remote control.
"It will be like turning a TV on and off with a remote control," said team founder Derek Abbott, "except that the remote will probably be locked away in your local doctor's office to safeguard against accidental pregnancy or potential misuse of the device."
Although this method sounds like a go, a remote-controlled sperm plug is several years away from being put to use in the bedroom.
If you're in the market for a kinder gentler contraception solution to cutting your tubes, keep an eye out for Intra Vas Deferens (IVD) devices coming to a doctors office near you. The plugs block sperm like a vasectomy but promise to be more reversible than the snipping procedure.
Researchers are more than halfway through the Phase I study of 82 men who received the IVD implants last year. If all goes well Shepherd Medical Company plans to have the IVDs available for men in Europe, Canada, and the US by 2010.
via New Scientist, the Male Contraception Information Project and the Male Contraception Coalition
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Morty says:
Aww man, you had me up until the "several years away" bit. Sounds like a dream.
/ Morty
January 31, 2008 5:39 PM
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