Post Date December, 03 2023
In order to prevent contraception, people have invented various methods, but all have their own drawbacks. Until now, the most commonly used methods are condoms, contraceptives, and ligation, but both have their advantages and disadvantages. However, recently, an ordinary carpenter from Germany named Clemens Bimek presented a magical contraceptive method - his invention is called "BimekSLV", abbreviated as "sperm switch". This "sperm switch" is extremely compact, only 1.8 centimeters in length, weighs less than 2 grams, and can be implanted into the vas deferens in just half an hour.
As the name suggests, a sperm switch is a switch that can be easily used by implanting it into the vas deferens and then pressing the switch under the scrotal skin to easily control sperm from flowing into the semen, effectively separating sperm and achieving contraceptive effects.
The sperm switch is just a valve and does not affect testicular function
So is this implantation harmful to the body? This sperm switch is only implanted in the vas deferens, which is the channel for transporting sperm. It is equivalent to a valve on the pipeline and is similar to vasectomy, and generally does not affect the endocrine function and spermatogenic function of the testes. If the switch is precise enough, it generally will not affect human activities (such as walking, running, etc.).
Although the impact of the sperm switch on the human body is not significant, installing this sperm switch requires surgery, which may lead to some surgical complications, such as incision infection, bleeding, testicular hematoma, and damage to the spermatic cord blood vessels. As long as these complications are overcome, sperm switches can indeed serve as a means of fertility regulation.
Drug interference is a research direction that has not yet been found at home and abroad
In fact, China is in a leading position in fertility regulation. As early as the 1980s, some people built a metal filter inside the vas deferens to filter sperm, in order to achieve contraceptive purposes.
At present, the regulation of fertility by drug interference is a hot research topic at home and abroad. The research direction mainly focuses on the reversible regulation of testicular spermatogenesis function from the differentiation of spermatocyte, or the interference of epididymis function by drugs, so that the discharged sperm is inactive (the sperm in the testis is inactive and needs energy in the epididymis to have vitality). Drug interference with the internal environment of the epididymis prevents sperm from gaining motility, and is considered the most ideal method for fertility regulation. This method neither requires surgery nor affects the endocrine and spermatogenic functions of the testes.
What kind of medication can meet the above conditions? The efficacy of this drug must be reversible, which means that if a man wants to have a child, his fertility will not be affected after stopping the drug for a period of time. At present, relevant research is still being explored, and an ideal drug that is safe, effective, no side effects, and reversible has not been found. Research on contraceptive gene immune vaccines is also ongoing.
