Type of business | Private company |
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Founded | London, United Kingdom |
Headquarters | London, New York, Los Angeles |
Area served | US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin-America |
CEO | Dr. Soumyadip Rakshit |
Key people | Dr. Soumyadip Rakshit, Rob Weekly, Shanshan Xu, Prof. Prokar Dasgupta |
Industry | Medical Devices |
Services | Sexual Health Devices |
Subsidiaries | MySexMD |
URL | mysteryvibe.com |
Launched | 2014 |
Current status | Active |
MysteryVibe is a British-American firm that focuses on sexual health devices. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 2023, their laboratory was featured in Popular Science [5] and recognized by The Guardian as the "only facility in vibrator research and development in the UK". [6] According to Femtech Insider, they are the "first pleasure-focused brand to offer FSA & HSA eligible vibrators". [7] They beat Apple Watch at the 2018 Design Week Awards. [8]
MysteryVibe was founded by a group of researchers, engineers and designers from Nokia, Philips, IBM and Deloitte. [9] Inspired by trends in smartphones like Nokia Morph, the founders came up with the idea of creating 'platform' vibrators that would adapt to any body shape and vibrate to any pattern. [10] They continued to research for a number of years before formally starting the company in May 2014.
It released its iOS app on the Apple App Store in December 2015 and their Android app on Google Play in September 2016.[ citation needed ] Its product, Crescendo, is claimed to be the world's first vibrator that can be bent to adapt to any body shape. [11] [12] Its second product was Tenuto, a wearable vibrator for men. [13] [14] Subsequent products include Poco, [15] Legato, [16] Tenuto Mini [17] and Molto. [18]
MysteryVibe's medical research is led by Professor Prokar Dasgupta, OBE FRCS. [19] [20] They have 6 FDA registered devices [21] and 3 publications in the Journal of Sexual Medicine [22] [23] [24] in their 3 main focus areas:
MysteryVibe have won 40 international awards [29] including Red Dot, [30] IDA Design, [31] The Drum, [32] Clio, [33] iF World Design, [34] Excellence in Design [35] and the Young Guns award. [36] They won the Design Week Awards over Apple Watch in the 2018 finals. [37] In 2023, they were invited to 10 Downing Street for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards Reception [38] [39] and to the United Kingdom Parliament House of Commons for The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards Reception. [40]
Erectile dysfunction (ED), also referred to as impotence, is a form of sexual dysfunction in males characterized by the persistent or recurring inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection with sufficient rigidity and duration for satisfactory sexual activity. It is the most common sexual problem in males and can cause psychological distress due to its impact on self-image and sexual relationships.
A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate sexual pleasure, such as a dildo, artificial vagina or vibrator. Many popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals, and may be vibrating or non-vibrating. The term sex toy can also include BDSM apparatus and sex furniture such as sex swings; however, it is not applied to items such as birth control, pornography, or condoms. Alternative terms for sex toy include adult toy and the dated euphemism marital aid. Marital aid also has a broader meaning and is applied to drugs and herbs marketed to enhance or prolong sex.
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Peyronie's disease is a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis. Specifically, scar tissue forms in the tunica albuginea, the thick sheath of tissue surrounding the corpora cavernosa, causing pain, abnormal curvature, erectile dysfunction, indentation, loss of girth and shortening.
Penis enlargement, or male enhancement, is any technique aimed to increase the size of a human penis. Some methods aim to increase total length, others the shaft's girth, and yet others the glans size. Techniques include surgery, supplements, ointments, patches, and physical methods like pumping, jelqing, and traction.
Sexual dysfunction is difficulty experienced by an individual or partners during any stage of normal sexual activity, including physical pleasure, desire, preference, arousal, or orgasm. The World Health Organization defines sexual dysfunction as a "person's inability to participate in a sexual relationship as they would wish". This definition is broad and is subject to many interpretations. A diagnosis of sexual dysfunction under the DSM-5 requires a person to feel extreme distress and interpersonal strain for a minimum of six months. Sexual dysfunction can have a profound impact on an individual's perceived quality of sexual life. The term sexual disorder may not only refer to physical sexual dysfunction, but to paraphilias as well; this is sometimes termed disorder of sexual preference.
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A love egg is a type of egg or bullet shaped vibrator that is used for stimulation. They can also be referred to as egg vibrators or bullet vibrators, depending on their shape. They are typically weaker than larger external vibrators, such as wands, but are still popular due to their lower price and discreet nature. The primary purpose of these vibrators is targeted stimulation of internal or external erogenous zones.
Pelvic pain is pain in the area of the pelvis. Acute pain is more common than chronic pain. If the pain lasts for more than six months, it is deemed to be chronic pelvic pain. It can affect both the male and female pelvis.
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