MysteryVibe

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]

Photo of MysteryVibe's Labs (Source: Popular Science[9])
Internals of a MysteryVibe Device (Source: Popular Science[10])

MysteryVibe
Type of businessPrivate company
FoundedLondon, United Kingdom
HeadquartersLondon, New York, Los Angeles
Area servedUS, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin-America
CEODr. Soumyadip Rakshit
Key peopleDr. Soumyadip Rakshit, Rob Weekly, Shanshan Xu, Prof. Prokar Dasgupta
IndustryMedical Devices
ServicesSexual Health Devices
SubsidiariesMySexMD
URLmysteryvibe.com
Launched2014 (2014)
Current statusActive

History

MysteryVibe was founded by a group of researchers, engineers and designers from Nokia, Philips, IBM and Deloitte.[11] 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.[12] 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. Its product, Crescendo, is claimed to be the world's first vibrator that can be bent to adapt to any body shape.[13][14] Its second product was Tenuto, a wearable vibrator for men.[15][16] Subsequent products include Poco,[17] Legato,[18] Tenuto Mini[19] and Molto.[20]

Medical Research

MysteryVibe's medical research is led by Professor Prokar Dasgupta, OBE FRCS.[21][22] They have 6 FDA registered devices[23] and 3 publications in the Journal of Sexual Medicine[24][25][26] in their 3 main focus areas:

MysteryVibe in the Media (Source: The Guardian)[27]

Awards

MysteryVibe have won 40 international awards[32] including Red Dot,[33] IDA Design,[34] The Drum,[35] Clio,[36] iF World Design,[37] Excellence in Design[38] and the Young Guns award.[39] They won the Design Week Awards over Apple Watch in the 2018 finals.[40] In 2023, they were invited to 10 Downing Street for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards Reception[41][42] and to the United Kingdom Parliament House of Commons for the The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards Reception.[43]

References
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  4. Anonymous (2 June 2017). "This Is The One Vibrator That Brought Back My Sex Drive While I Was Taking Antidepressants". Women's Health. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. Surbey, Charlie (14 February 2023). "These sex toys are designed to heal, one orgasm at a time". Popular Science. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. McDade, Mark (1 December 2016). "Development of an Industry Dynamometer/Spin Test Facility--Equipment Only: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-05-164". doi:10.2172/1337012. OSTI 1337012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "MysteryVibe Is the First Pleasure-focused Brand to Offer FSA & HSA Eligible Vibrators". Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  8. Banks, Tom (26 June 2018). "Design Week Awards 2018 – the winners in full". Design Week. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  9. Surbey, Charlie (14 February 2023). "These sex toys are designed to heal, one orgasm at a time". Popular Science. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. Surbey, Charlie (14 February 2023). "These sex toys are designed to heal, one orgasm at a time". Popular Science. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  11. Carter, Meg (5 May 2015). "One Size Doesn't Fit All: The Making Of A Next-Generation Sex Toy". Fast Company. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  12. "The First Customizable Vibrator Is Here". Bustle. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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  14. "Meet The Women Who Want To Help Other Women Orgasm". HuffPost. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  15. "A wearable vibrator for men is about to go on sale". The Independent. 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  16. Winkie, Luke (18 June 2018). "Why Men Are Buying Vibrators — and Keeping Them for Themselves". Men's Health. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  17. "POCO". MysteryVibe. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  18. "LEGATO". MysteryVibe. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  19. "TENUTO MINI". MysteryVibe. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  20. "MOLTO". MysteryVibe. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  21. Geddes, Linda (9 June 2023). "'Between pleasure and health': how sex-tech firms are reinventing the vibrator". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  22. "Urologist Prof Prokar Dasgupta joins MysteryVibe as CMO". IndiaMedToday. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  23. "Establishment Registration & Device Listing". www.accessdata.fda.gov. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  24. Rodriguez Martinez, JE; López Martínez, MC; Martínez Mas, J; Conesa Peñalver, MdlM (1 April 2022). "Preliminary Results From a Multicenter Study on the Use of a New Device for the Treatment of Genito Pelvic Pain Disorders". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Proceedings of 22nd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of SMSNA. 19 (4, Supplement 1): S103–S104. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.01.220. ISSN 1743-6095.
  25. Rodríguez Martínez, Jesús E.; Alcaina, Leandro R.; Agullo, Guillermo H. (1 November 2022). "Improved erectile function after focal muscle vibrations therapy in a patient with neurogenic erectile dysfunction: a case report". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 19 (11, Supplement 4): S69. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.08.012. ISSN 1743-6095. S2CID 253821604.
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  28. Rodríguez Martínez, Jesús E.; Alcaina, Leandro R.; Agullo, Guillermo H. (1 November 2022). "Improved erectile function after focal muscle vibrations therapy in a patient with neurogenic erectile dysfunction: a case report". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 19 (11, Supplement 4): S69. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.08.012. ISSN 1743-6095. S2CID 253821604.
  29. Chen, Lei; Shi, Guang-rui; Huang, Dan-dan; Li, Yang; Ma, Chen-chao; Shi, Min; Su, Bin-xiao; Shi, Guang-jiang (1 April 2019). "Male sexual dysfunction: A review of literature on its pathological mechanisms, potential risk factors, and herbal drug intervention". Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 112: 108585. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2019.01.046. ISSN 0753-3322. PMID 30798136.
  30. Rodriguez Martinez, JE; López Martínez, MC; Martínez Mas, J; Conesa Peñalver, MdlM (1 April 2022). "Preliminary Results From a Multicenter Study on the Use of a New Device for the Treatment of Genito Pelvic Pain Disorders". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Proceedings of 22nd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of SMSNA. 19 (4, Supplement 1): S103–S104. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.01.220. ISSN 1743-6095.
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  32. "Awards and Recognitions". MysteryVibe. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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  35. "Meet the young women making waves in digital in The Drum's 50 under 30". The Drum. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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  37. "MysteryVibe". iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  38. "Appliance Design Excellence in Design Awards". appliancedesign.com. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  39. "Stephanie Alys, Shanshan Xu and Soumyadip Rakshit: MysteryVibe – Young Guns by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business". Young Guns by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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