Implantable penile prosthesis

Details Implantable penile prosthesis Implantable penile prosthesis

1978-01-27

1979-05-01

Trapp, Lawrence W.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

A61F 500

Patent

active

041518403

ABSTRACT:
A mechanical penile prosthesis designed to be surgically implanted in the penis for the treatment of erectile impotence or as a functional component of a penile replacement prosthesis. The penile prosthesis comprises a pre-stretched, flexible, elastic, tubular component or sheath closed at each end thereof, and a plurality of cylindrically shaped segments or links, each having one or more convex ends and/or a concave end, enclosed within the tubular component. The pre-stretched tubular sheath maintains the segments in reference to one another, i.e. link-to-link contact, so that on straightening of the normally curved tubular enclosure a concave end of a segment mates with a convex end of an adjacent segment whereby the segments are aligned into a straight rod configuration resulting in an erect penis.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3893456 (1975-07-01), Small et al.
patent: 3987789 (1976-10-01), Timm et al.
patent: 4066073 (1978-01-01), Finney et al.

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