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German Carpenter's Testicluar Valve Could Mean An On/Off Switch For Sperm

Posted by timothy on from the this-one-goes-to-zero dept.

Press2ToContinue writes: A German carpenter has invented a valve which he claims will revolutionize contraception, by allowing a man to turn the flow of sperm from his testicles on and off at the flick of a switch. It (the switch, of course) is nearly an inch long and weighs less than a tenth of an ounce. It is surgically implanted on the vas deferens, the tube that carries sperm from the testicles, in a half-hour operation, and controlled by a switch beneath the skin of the scrotum.

So far Bimek is the only man who has the switches implanted, one for each testicle. I wonder what other switches we will see implanted into humans in the future? I think I'd like a valve for adrenaline control.

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  1. Those crazy Germans by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> A German carpenter has invented a valve that gets implanted in the most delicate part of your body via a surgical operation

    Seems about right to me.

  2. Good idea? by NMBob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Control it from your iPhone and it posts the setting of the switch to your Facebook page. :)

    1. Re:Good idea? by rduncan10 · · Score: 5, Funny

      iBalls

  3. Deja Vu by I_Wrote_This · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember a report about this (or, more likely, something similar) many years (20+) ago. The Brits on the team called it the Stop Cock.

  4. There's still a delay by flanksteak · · Score: 5, Informative

    I got a vasectomy a few years ago and I was told that there were about 20 'loads' in storage past the vas deferens. So this is not something you can switch on Friday afternoon and expect to be sterile over the weekend.

    1. Re:There's still a delay by JudgeFurious · · Score: 5, Funny

      Because some of us aren't hoarding it like that.

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  5. Re:Just skip it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sex is not necessary. To overcome the desire, just masturbate.

    If you think masturbating in any obviates the desire for sex, you've clearly had some pretty shitty sex in your time.

  6. Re:Screw that (pun intended). by VernonNemitz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I first heard of something like this idea long before the Internet became popular. That old story also mentioned a problem, that when the vas is closed, it bursts. This is why when doctors do a vasectomy, they only tie ONE end of each cut tube (the end that leads toward the prostate, not the end connected to the testicle). This invention actually needs a Y-shaped valve, such that when it is closed, only the flow toward the prostate stops, while sperm can continue to flow out into the body cavity, as if one end of the vas had been cut but not tied.

  7. Re:Screw that (pun intended). by tehcyder · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's been a while since I performed a vasectomy

    I hope to God that You Are A Doctor.

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