Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1988-09-26
1990-09-04
Stone, Cary E.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
A61F 541
Patent
active
049535420
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to medicine and more specifically to devices for treatment of sexual impotence in human males.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
There are widely known devices for treatment of sexual impotence in males acting by establishing conditions favourable for erection of a penis, comprising a holding rod articulated to a support ring and terminating in soft arcuate members.
One state-of-the-art device for treatment of sexual impotence in males (SU, A, 178,044) is known to comprise two rods adjacent to each other and coated with a common elastic sheathing. The distal ends of the rods terminate in arcuate members following the shape of the penile coronary sulcus and encompassing the glans penis on its proximal side with segments which form, when turned alongside with the adjustable portion, a support ring resting against the pubis.
A disadvantage of said device resides in the fact that it is impossible to adjust the degree of the glans penis compression depending on the degree of true penile erection in the course of sexual intercourse, as well as in sophisticated individual fitting-up of the device.
The aforesaid disadvantages are to some extent overcome in another device for treatment male weakness (SU, A, 589,978), comprising parallel rods movably interconnected with a possibility of pivoting around their axes, each of the rods being connected to one of the ends of the arcuate members that establish a retainer of the glans penis, a control retainer and a retainer of the penile base. The free ends of the arcuate members of the latter are interconnected through an elastic member having an eyelet adapted to interact with a hook fixed in position on the free end of one of the arcuate members of the penile base retainer.
The known device provides for graduated compression of the glans penis by the retainer lugs depending on the degree of penile erection which precludes painful sensations resulting from overcompression of the glans of an erect penis in the case of a full erection, whereby there is created an effect of freedom from any auxiliary appliances or aid devices.
However, said known device fails to provide maximum reliability of the glans penis fixation, since the fittings of the front retainer have a round cross-section, whereby its area of adherence to the penis is minimal and the elastic sheathing is liable to occur which might result in the glans penis escaping from the closed-up retainer. Another disadvantage inherent in the known device for treatment of sexual impotence in males resides in its being incapable of providing maximally accurate individual fitting-up of the device, i.e., the bracer can be adjusted for a smaller length only by cutting off an excess portion, which precludes restoration of the original bracer length in the case of an error.
A primary fitting-up of the device carried out on a non-erect penis might happen inadequately accurate when true erection of the penis occurs in the course of a sexual act. In the known device adjustment is performed by diminishing the length of the elastic element, which fails to provide a correct fitting-up and causes a discomforting sensation during the sexual intercourse, thereby affecting the efficiency of the treatment. In addition, a round cross-section of the glans penis retainer components might likewise inflict discomfort upon the patient in the course of penile erection due to a specific pressure exerted upon the penile tissues in the region of the sulcus of the penile corona. Nor can said round cross-section ensure a reliable fixation of the glans penis on account of too small a contact area of the arcuate members of the retainer with the skin surface of the penis, which tells extremely unfavourably on the treatment efficiency and causes distrust of a patient to this treatment method.
Furthermore, the eyelet secured at the end of the elastic member and made of an inelastic material offers additional discomfort for both of the partners of a sexual intercourse.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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Tsirjulnikov Moisei V.
Zusmanovsky Zinovy A.
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