Surgery – Sexual appliance – Male splint
Patent
1992-01-09
1993-07-27
Green, Randall L.
Surgery
Sexual appliance
Male splint
623 11, A61F 226
Patent
active
052306941
ABSTRACT:
A manually operable mechanical penile implant for overcoming the effects of male erectile impotence is disclosed. The implant has an elongate housing containing an elongate coil and stop means located between the two ends of the housing. Many or most of the coil turns are normally located between the stop means and the near (or proximal) end of the housing. When the device is to be used, the coil turns are drawn past the stop means toward the far (or distal) end of the housing and are locked between that end and the stop means, thereby providing rigidity (and in preferred embodiments, additional length) to the housing and therefore to the corpus cavernosum in which the device is located. In contrast to known mechanical (i.e., non-fluidic) implants, in preferred embodiments the implant may be significantly increased in length for use and significantly decreased in length after use. In contrast to fluidic devices, there is no fluid to leak or any pump or valve to be replaced in case of malfunction.
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Cave Bryan
Green Randall L.
Gualtieri Gina M.
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