When it comes to birth control , women have been getting shafted ( ! ) for decades . In the kingdom of contraceptive method , a disproportionately larger amount of selection for women has n’t translated to gender par . Au contraire : even though it take two to do the babe - making tango , the selection are such that itis largely a woman ’s responsibleness to check that she does n’t make like sauce and get Prego .
And while the relationship between patriarchy and science has proven a tough one to break , there ’s a new fry on the block quick to sweep the medical establishment decent off her feet . Here ’s the lowdown on the latest advancement in male nativity control .
A real turn-on
Literally . The Bimek SLV ( spermatic duct valve ) was project by German artificer Clemens Bimek to provide a less permanent option to your traditional snipitty - do - dah vasectomy . With the old - schooling method , the Virginia deferens ( sperm duct ) , which connects the testes ( sperm production HQ ) to the seminal cyst , is veer and tie at both ends . The only way back from a vasectomy is a reversal operating room , the winner of which greatly depends onhow long ago the original procedure was performed .
Bimek ’s gimmick is surgically implanted to transect the Department of Veterans Affairs deferens , and it ’s designed to be exchange on and off from outside the organic structure ; thus giving new meaning to the idea of having a Isle of Man by the orb . When turned on , the twist foreclose spermatozoon in the testes from being bring in to the ejaculatory fluid in the seminal cyst , so fundamentally , you ’re shooting blanks . Turned off , the machine allows sperm cell from the nut to flow through the VA deferens and mix with the eternal sleep of the ejaculatory fluid before emission . Think of the Bimek SLV like a lift bridge for your glob .
I’m no doctor but…
Neither is Bimek . The inventor actually worked in construction . What seemed likea comparatively practical prophylactic solution to him , was shunned by many of the experts and specialists he met with when develop his first paradigm . Apparently male superpatriotism runs deeper in the medical residential district than it does in construction , who knew ? So after plenty of inquiry and getting the dark-green luminance from his local infirmary ’s ethics committee , he did what any inventor would do and tried it on himself in 2009 . Way to take one for the team , Bimek !
It’s vegan
As a vegetarian , Bimek refused to do any animal examination . His cruelty - free approach path is advertised on the Bimek SLVwebsiteas 100 % vegan . And consider the Bimek SLV dispatch sperm from the ejaculate , you’re able to insert your own joke about vegan blow Book of Job here : _ _ _ _ .
The surgery is less complicated than your relationship
Unlike most relationships , the Bimek SLV is for life and need not be take away or replaced after implantation . The surgery is an outpatient procedure performed under local anaesthetic by a specially cultivate urologist , and it only takes about 30 minutes . An incision is made on the testes using an electric scalpel and is stitched up using absorbable yarn . I can pick up the corporate gasp of manly reader everywhere , but honestly , putting in a tampon sounds more sick . Man up .
The risks are somewhat much the same as those of a vasectomy , and recovery is speedy . you may get back to all sort of strong-arm activity after a week . However , it ’s worth noting that it may take 12 weeks or more for lingering sperm in the seminal vesicles to die off , which translates to20 - 30 ejaculationsto flush those littles guy rope out . I ’m not great at math , but I feel like most valet would be capable to cut that waiting prison term down by at least a third .
Fingers and tubes crossed until 2018
The Bimek SLV is currently awaiting blessing for a clinical tribulation . If all go well , manufacturing could begin as early as 2018 for the European securities industry . Just something to consider if you ’re plan your honeymoon abroad .
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