Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1987-08-27
1988-05-31
Howell, Kyle L.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128694, A61B 510
Patent
active
047474157
ABSTRACT:
A method and a device for measuring the penile rigidity of a patient. The device comprises a cuff including a non-elastic tissue band having one of its faces entirely covered with a plastic container filled up with a liquid. A VELCRO strap is provided for ridigity wrapping up the non elastic tissue band around the penis of the patient, with the liquid container in direct contact with the penis. A pressure transducer is mounted in direct communication with the liquid inside the plastic container for sensing the liquid pressure inside this container. An electronic device is provided for amplifying the pressure signal given by the transducer and for recording and displaying the same. In use, any erection of the penis causes an increase in penile pressure, which, in turn, comprises the liquid inside the container held in position by the cuff. Such a compression recorded by the electronic device, is, in practice, directly related to the penis rigidity of the patient.
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Hanley John C.
Howell Kyle L.
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