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New method of contraception effective? Valve allows sperm at the touch of a button
A valve to regulate fertility? What sounds incredible, could soon be a reality, according to Clemens Bimek. The carpenter, who lives in Switzerland, claims to have developed a new product that enables men to determine their own fertility. Many experts doubt the effectiveness of the "Bimek Vaccine Valve Valve", but the inventor is firmly convinced of his new contraceptive method and now wants to revolutionize the market.
Idea created by TV review on vasectomy
The story begins in 1998, when Clemens Bimek, then 31 years old, writes in a health advisory program about the sterilization of the man (vasectomy), of which he had never heard before. Spontaneously, he then asked himself the question: "Why do not you simply set up a valve there?" According to the information in the press kit, which can be found on Bimek's website https://www.bimek.com/medienbereich/. The idea did not let him go and soon after, the trained carpenter began to develop ideas and to develop initial solutions to spare his wife the years of taking hormones.
In conventional vasectomy, the vas deferens are severed, with the valve could be closed the connection. but would remain basically. (Image: bilderzwerg / fotolia.com) Man opens and closes the valve over switch in the scrotum
Finally, he invents a valve that is about the size of a gummy bear and implanted as an intermediate piece in both vas deferens to regulate the inflow of sperm. In principle, the man can decide for himself whether he wants to be "able to produce" or "unable to produce" and controls this independently from outside via a tactile switch in the scrotum. If this is closed, it would be reported that no sperm from the testes enter the seminal fluid during ejaculation. As a result, the man was sterile, but could still ejaculate during sexual intercourse.
30 ejaculations to sterility
Thus, the result of the so-called "Bimek vas deferens valve" (SLV) that of a vasectomy - but with a decisive difference: For the man can open the valve again at any time and thus restore his fertility by the produced in the epididymal sperm again in get the vas deferens and thus into the ejaculate. However, if the switch is to be set to "incapable of generation" again, this does not work immediately. Instead, about 30 ejaculations or three to six months after occlusion would take until the wearer of the valve could rely on complete sterility, said Dirk Baranek, spokesman for Clemens Bimek.
Skepticism and incomprehension on the part of many physicians
In 1999, Bimek applies for a patent for his invention, which was granted to him a year later and is still valid today. But the implementation proves to be difficult, because he meets with experts for the most part to skepticism and incomprehension, also makes him looking for a manufacturer before a major challenge. In 2006 he succeeds and finds support at the company Beutter, where finally the first valves are produced. Since 2009 Bimek has been testing his product himself, which has been developed over the years and is now available in the third version. But even the search for a urologist, who implanted him the valve, was initially difficult. For those who did not reject immediately, had ultimately failed on the ethics committees of the respective clinics, the press release.
With the current version, the development is now complete, because there is no need for further optimization, explains Baranek. In this case, the opening of the valve is possible only by pressing an additional locking pin, whereby unintentional turning of the switch should be avoided. In addition, the valve sizes have been adjusted: "Valves are available from sizes S to XL, because vas deferens are different thicknesses," explains the spokesman.
Market launch planned for 2019
"The vas deferens valve has disruptive potential and could jumble the entire industry," the statement continues. According to Baranek's assessment, the product could hit the market by 2019, costing around 5000 euros. But until then, Clemens Bimek needs more men to prove the efficacy of the new contraceptive method - because so far only the inventor bears the "Bimek SLV". Volunteers could log on to the site to have the valve used by an experienced urologist as part of a brief and "virtually painless" procedure, according to the inventor's request. (No)