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A hi-tech urinal which can wash and dry the penis after it's been used is being developed by an invention team.

The bathroom gadget 'Urinary 2.0' uses programmed sensors which will activate its cleaning mechanism when the user has finished urinating - and gets straight to work making them clean and dry before they fasten up.

Soapy water is administered for three seconds to clean the penis of the user - set to be cooler in summer and warmer in winter, say the manufacturers.

Then another sensor activates the climate-controlled drying and, like a bathroom hand drier, it blows the area dry in three seconds.

(Image: Eduard Gevorkyan)

The invention is currently in its prototype stage thanks to the Spanish team of biochemist and businessman Eduard Gevorkyan, economist Ivan Giner and coach Miguel Angel Levanteri.

Made following an original idea from Levanteri, the team believe they may have a hit on their hands.

“(Levanteri) sought us as entrepreneurs and we suggest the use of sensors, so that the user does not have to touch anything and everything is as hygienic as possible,” Gevorkyan told La Info .

(Image: Eduard Gevorkyan)

And don't worry if you're lacking in confidence in the trouser department - according to Gevorkyan, the system adapts to any user, regardless of the size of his member “for anyone in the world may be discriminated against".

He believes it's more than a gimmick - in fact, he sees it as a possible replacement for the common toilet, comparing it to the mixer tap in terms of game changing.

(Image: Eduard Gevorkyan)

“Iceland, Sweden and Austria are among the cleanest countries in the world. There [it] certainly could succeed,” he says.

Gevorkyan and Giner are negotiating the sale of the patent with a company in Spain offering in the region of €680,000 - or around £568,425.

(Image: Eduard Gevorkyan)

As for women, Gevorkyan says he believes there could be a like invention, adding: "There is no discrimination."