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Article: FDA Approves First Device To Aid Female Version Of Impotence.(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- May 22, 2000
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After years of advances for male impotence, women with sexual problems are getting a new therapy: a device that draws blood into the clitoris.
The rationale behind UroMetrics Inc.'s Eros system is that blood flow into the clitoris can be as important for a woman's sexual arousal and satisfaction as blood flow into the penis is for a man.
The Eros system consists of a soft suction cup to be placed over the clitoris. A tube attaches it to a handheld, battery-operated vacuum device. Simply switch on the vacuum for a few minutes until the clitoris feels engorged. Then turn it off and remove it.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Eros to be ...