Unipath tests techno-rhythm method:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A hi-tech version of the rhythm method is recruiting women for trials in Europe. Unipath's (UK) Personal Contraceptive System uses a hand-held monitor to read urine test sticks. The monitor has been nick-named "the sex traffic light" because it indicates fertility status with red and green lights. While one would like to think that all methods of contraception are, ipso facto, personal, Unipath explains that the monitor records a user's hormone levels on a six-month rolling basis, and uses these to personalise its algorithm. The independently- co-ordinated trials will enrol 1,200 women in Germany, Ireland and the UK.