Given that sexual pleasure is a core component of sexual health, devices that are designed to enhance and diversify sexual pleasure are particularly useful in clinical practice. Despite their growing popularity and widespread use in various biopsychosocial circumstances, many taboos still seem to exist, as indicated by the paucity of scientific literature on the prevalence, application and effectiveness of sexual devices for therapeutic use. However, sex toys and sexual devices are commonly used and have a variety of indications to expand individual and partnered sexuality and to treat sexual difficulties. Different devices are associated with specific advantages and potential risks, opportunities, barriers and ethical challenges when used in a clinical context. Increased knowledge about the aim and functional possibilities of sexual devices might help health-care professionals overcome potential embarrassment, preconceptions and other barriers, learn which patients might benefit from which products, consider their use in treatment programmes, educate about correct use and safety issues, and facilitate open communication about sexual pleasure with their patients.

鉴于性快感是性健康的核心组成部分，旨在增强和多样化性快感的设备在临床实践中特别有用。尽管它们在各种生物心理社会环境中越来越受欢迎和广泛使用，但许多禁忌似乎仍然存在，正如缺乏关于性装置用于治疗用途的流行、应用和有效性的科学文献所表明的那样。然而，性玩具和性装置是常用的，并且具有多种适应症来扩大个人和伴侣的性行为并治疗性困难。在临床环境中使用时，不同的设备与特定的优势和潜在的风险、机会、障碍和伦理挑战相关联。