Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1979-03-29
1980-05-27
Trapp, Lawrence W.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
A61F 500
Patent
active
042045304
ABSTRACT:
An implantable sleeve for increasing the penile diameter includes a flexible sheet of soft, physiologically acceptable implantable material, said sheet being of sufficient length when formed in the general shape of a cylindrical sleeve to extend from the glans penis to the base of the penis and of a width which is insufficient to completely encircle the penis, but sufficient to cover the corpora cavernosa. The sheet preferably has edges which are rounded and tapered side edges. The sleeve also includes suturing strips on the inside wall of the sleeve adjacent the side edges of the sheet which facilitate the suturing of the sheet to the tunica albuginea. The sleeve further includes porous patches located on the interior of the inside wall of the sleeve into which fibroblasts from the underlying tissues can grow to further anchor the sleeve to the tunica albuginea. In the preferred embodiment, the sheet is of very soft, medical grade silicone elastomer, and suturing strips are of Dacron fabric and the porous patches are of Dacron fabric or fluff.
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patent: 2868192 (1959-01-01), Dannen
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patent: 3939827 (1976-02-01), Brunstetler
patent: 4009711 (1977-03-01), Uson
Medical Engineering Corp.
Trapp Lawrence W.
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