Wearable Technologies and Erectile Dysfunction

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This week we're talking about how wearable technologies and “smart” devices can potentially help us know more about erectile dysfunction. Our guest is Elliot Justin, M.D., FACEP, an Emergency Medicine Specialist and Founder and CEO of FirmTech Inc., the world’s first "smart male underwearables" company.
 
Likewise, Nelson. I even had an online session with Dr. Justin, who appears to be very open to arranging Zoom calls with purchasers.

My issue was that I was only interested in measuring my nocturnal erections (before and after treatment for prostate cancer), not in purchasing a "cock ring." But this device is designed to do both. Although the company assures buyers you can wear it all night without complications, that seems contradictory: if the cock ring function is to retain blood in the penis, why wouldn't it perform that job when you get a nocturnal erection, and thus result in artificially induced priapism?

I couldn't get over the image in my mind of waking up to find my poor penis black and blue from this device's constriction. So never really put it to the test.
 
I couldn't get over the image in my mind of waking up to find my poor penis black and blue from this device's constriction. So never really put it to the test.
I did..but had to take it off in the middle of the night because of pain. Why make claims when this surely does not work for measuring NPT?

Involuntary erections during sleep, also known as nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT), are a normal and natural occurrence in men. This usually happens during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, which is a stage of deep sleep when the brain is very active and dreaming occurs.
NPT is not necessarily an indication of sexual arousal or desire, but rather a normal physiological response. It is a way for the body to maintain penile health and prevent erectile dysfunction. In fact, men who do not experience NPT may be at a higher risk for developing erectile dysfunction.
 
 
I just found this old post. I am currently testing a TechRing from FirmTech. I don't know if the model they make now is different from what you guys tried years ago, but it doesn't constrict as much as a normal cockring. It's pretty flexible, stretchy and soft. I would say it stays on pretty well without a lot of constriction, but the part behind the balls tends to slip up (likely it wasn't designed for atrophied balls).

So far I like it. It gives nice graphs showing nocturnal erections and morning erections (or lack thereof). After each upload in the morning, you can log what medications you had so it's easy to see what effect they are having. My only issue is that I can only export summary data, not detailed minute by minute erection firmness data. The detailed data would be great so I can import it to Guava Health, where I log all my medications/labs/symptoms, so it can automatically find correlations to see what things or meds affect my erections.


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If you're curious, here is what the data and the app look like.
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