China Hospital Introduces Hands-free Automatic 'Sperm Extractor'

A hospital in China has introduced a new hands-free machine that can automatically extract sperm from donors.

According to microblogging site Weibo, a hospital in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province has introduced the pink, grey and white machine which has a massage pipe at the front that apparently can be adjusted according to a user's height, the Daily Mail reported.

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Speed, frequency, amplitude and temperature are also controllable.

The machine also has a small screen on top that plays films for the user to help them with the extraction process.

The director of the urology department at Zhengzhou Central Hospital said that the machine was being used by infertility patients who are finding it difficult to retrieve sperm the old fashioned way.

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A website which is selling the machine for 2,800 dollars is promoting it by stating that "it can give patients very comfortable feeling."

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