Patents Assigned to Inscentivation, Inc.
  • Use of odorants to alter blood flow to the vagina, and article of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 7108872
    Abstract: A non-invasive method of altering vaginal blood flow in a female individual to augment or lessen sexual arousal is provided. The method involves administering an individual odorant or odorant mixture for inhalation that is sufficient to alter vaginal blood flow of the female by about ?20% to about +30% compared to a baseline vaginal blood flow without inhalation of the odorant. Also provided is a method for screening an odorant for its capacity to increase or decrease vaginal blood flow, and an article of manufacture, or kit, containing an odorant and instructions for its use in altering vaginal blood flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Inscentivation, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan R. Hirsch
  • Use of odorants to alter blood flow to the vagina
    Patent number: 7067162
    Abstract: A non-invasive method of altering vaginal blood flow in a female individual to augment or lessen sexual arousal is provided. The method involves administering an individual odorant or odorant mixture for inhalation that is sufficient to alter vaginal blood flow of the female by about ?20% to about +30% compared to a baseline vaginal blood flow without inhalation of the odorant. Also provided is a method for screening an odorant for its capacity to increase or decrease vaginal blood flow, and an article of manufacture, or kit, containing an odorant and instructions for its use in altering vaginal blood flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Inscentivation, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan R. Hirsch