An app-connected wearable device, that resembles a clitoris-arousing vibrator and measures vaginal arousal and nocturnal clitoral erections, is being developed by a health sextech company.
The Clitique is made by MyFemmeTech, part of FirmTech: the startup company that makes a smart cock ring that measures erectile health, called the FirmTech Tech Ring. The new Clitique was scheduled to be showcased at the women’s health/tech conference Decoding The Future Of Women in London this week (started June 10, 2024).
The device, currently at prototype stage, can be inserted into the vagina, and features a looped ‘hood’ section designed to fit around the clitoris. It can be worn during sex, masturbation and also overnight, to measure arousal during sleep as well as during more obvious times.
MyFemmeTech says that when the Clitique is worn during sexual activity, it assesses the amplitude and duration of clitoral arousal. When worn overnight, it measures the amount of nocturnal clitoral erections, i.e. when the clit becomes harder and firmer. These measurements can be read on an app the company developed, that pairs with the device.
The Clitique uses sensors over the clitoris to detect changes to the rate and volume of blood flow in the clit, that occur with arousal and changes in tissue oxygenation. Sensors on the clit also measure musce contractions taking place during orgasm.
Tests by the MyFemmeTech team on women, who wore the device when undertaking arousing activities such as masturbation, measured blood flow data to determine how arousal levels changed.
The Clitique has been pitched as a device that “allows women to monitor sexual health in the privacy of their home, without prescriptions or office visits.” It’s also billed as “comfortable”, which is somewhat important if you’re suggesting that it can be worn in your vagina overnight.
The MyFemmeTech, complete with original awful photoshopping efforts (not ours).
But how does obtaining clitoral arousal data actually benefit you? The company says that this knowledge will potentially be able to help people assess how diseases, medications, supplements, diet, exercise and alcohol influence their arousal.
It adds that the Clitique could offer early insight into cardiovascular and metabolic health, and offer biofeedback for sexual arousal disorders.
“The Clitique will be like an EKG [electrocardiogram]/stress test for the clitoris, female health and sexual response,” MyFemmeTech says.
The company added that the device was engineered by female bioengineers and urologists. Dr Ashley Winter MD, a Los Angeles-based urologist and sexual medicine specialist, is the face of the project in her role as chief medical officer.
The device certainly has unique elements, and any product that genuinely benefits female and clitoral arousal should be welcomed. Perhaps the most similar product in the sextech industry is the Lioness vibrator, which measures orgasm data and can also be connected to an app. One major difference, however, is the Lioness being designed to give pleasure as well as measure it.
MyFemmeTech has not said when it expects the Clitique to move on from its prototype stage and go to market.
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