Devices and methods for sexual wellness
Some adult devices are ostensibly marketed to improve female sexual experience female by offering exercises to address relaxed vaginal muscles from birth, age, surgery etc. and for reducing incontinence. However, such devices suffer from variable placement by the user both in terms of orientation and penetrative depth such that the “results” are not reproducible and captured data used to provide feedback to the user and/or providing visual/audible prompts is flawed. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide a device with reproducible placement and data for enhancing the usability/benefit of the exercise regimen. It would be further beneficial for the device to either provide this exercise regime as part of a wider assessment of sexual wellness or as part of a sexual stimulation activity thereby reducing the focus on “exercise” to derive the benefits of improved pelvic muscle control.
1. A sexual wellness device comprising:
a pillow formed from a flexible material defining an inner volume and having an opening at an end;
a socket formed from an inflexible material having in a first predetermined location a fitting onto which the open end of the pillow mounts, a pressure sensor fluidically coupled to the fitting, a controller electrically coupled to the pressure sensor, and a battery electrically connected to at least the controller, and
at least one of:
a second pillow attached to the socket for insertion into an anus of a user when the pillow is inserted into the vagina;
a clitoral stimulator attached to the socket;
an anal element attached to the socket; and
a third pillow for demountably replacing the pillow.
2. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein
the geometry of the pillow is defined by a central axial line which is the sagittal plane of a female user of the sexual wellness device and is aligned to the superior-inferior axis of female user's vagina when inserted.
3. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein
the geometry of the pillow is defined by the following:
a tip towards the superior of the superior-inferior axis of the female user's vagina;
an upper surface facing an anterior surface of the vagina with left and right portions of the upper surface being different profiles wherein the left and right portions are defined relative to a first plane vertically defined at a first predetermined lateral offset to a longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device; and
a lower surface facing a posterior surface of the vagina with left and right portions of the lower surface being different profiles wherein the left and right portions are defined relative to a second plane vertically defined at a second predetermined lateral offset to the longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device.
4. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein
the socket has an external profile allowing the device to be gripped in a first configuration and a second configuration, and wherein:
in the first configuration, the sexual wellness device is gripped by a user of the sexual wellness device on a first surface and a second surface of the sexual wellness device where these are disposed at different locations along a longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device; and
in the second configuration, the sexual wellness device is gripped by a user for insertion into an orifice of another user on a third surface and a fourth surface of the sexual wellness device where these are disposed at different locations parallel to an offset from the longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device.
5. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner volume of the pillow is divided into a plurality of chambers and each chamber is coupled to a pressure sensor.
6. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of the pillow and the socket, is at least one of a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor and a laser Doppler imaging (LDI) sensor, and wherein
the at least one of the PPG sensor and the LDI sensor comprise an optical emitter of predetermined first characteristics and an optical detector of predetermined second characteristics.
7. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of pillow and the socket, is at least one microphone of a plurality of microphones.
8. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of pillow and the socket, is at least one temperature dependent resistive element of a plurality of temperature dependent resistive elements.
9. The sexual wellness device according to claim 1 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of pillow and the socket, is at least one electrical contact of a plurality of electrical contacts, each electrical contact for at least one of the application to and the measurement of an electrical signal.
10. A method of adjusting sexual wellness for a user comprising:
providing a pillow formed from a flexible material defining an inner volume and having an opening at an end;
providing a socket formed from an inflexible material having in a first predetermined location a fitting onto which the open end of the pillow mounts, a pressure sensor fluidically coupled to the fitting, a controller electrically coupled to the pressure sensor, and a battery electrically connected to at least the controller;
providing at least one of:
a second pillow attached to the socket for insertion into an anus of a user when the pillow is inserted into the vagina;
a clitoral stimulator attached to the socket;
an anal element attached to the socket; and
a third pillow for demountably replacing the pillow; and
monitoring an action of the user with respect to the pillow resulting in a pressure fluctuation and providing the user with feedback as to their performance.
11. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein
the geometry of the pillow is defined by a central axial line which is the sagittal plane of a female user of the sexual wellness device and is aligned to the superior-inferior axis of female user's vagina when inserted.
12. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein
the geometry of the pillow is defined by the following:
a tip towards the superior of the superior-inferior axis of the female user's vagina;
an upper surface facing an anterior surface of the vagina with left and right portions of the upper surface being different profiles wherein the left and right portions are defined relative to a first plane vertically defined at a first predetermined lateral offset to a longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device; and
a lower surface facing a posterior surface of the vagina with left and right portions of the lower surface being different profiles wherein the left and right portions are defined relative to a second plane vertically defined at a second predetermined lateral offset to the longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device.
13. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein
the socket has an external profile allowing the device to be gripped in a first configuration and a second configuration, and wherein
in the first configuration, the sexual wellness device is gripped by a user of the sexual wellness device on a first surface and a second surface of the sexual wellness device where these are disposed at different locations along a longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device; and
in the second configuration, the sexual wellness device is gripped by a user for insertion into an orifice of another user on a third surface and a fourth surface of the sexual wellness device where these are disposed at different locations parallel to an offset from the longitudinal axis of the sexual wellness device.
14. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein
the inner volume of the pillow is divided into a plurality of chambers and each chamber is coupled to a pressure sensor.
15. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of the pillow and the socket, is at least one of a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor and a laser Doppler imaging (LDI) sensor, and wherein
the at least one of the PPG sensor and the LDI sensor comprise an optical emitter of predetermined first characteristics and an optical detector of predetermined second characteristics.
16. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of pillow and the socket, is at least one microphone of a plurality of microphones.
17. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of pillow and the socket, is at least one temperature dependent resistive element of a plurality of temperature dependent resistive elements.
18. The method of providing a sexual wellness device for a user according to claim 10 , wherein,
disposed within at least one of pillow and the socket, is at least one electrical contact of a plurality of electrical contacts, each electrical contact for at least one of the application to and the measurement of an electrical signal.