Implantable pump
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1. A pump assembly for an implantable prosthesis, the pump assembly comprising:
- a housing including a valve assembly, a pump bulb that is squeezable through tissue, the pump bulb having a plurality of discrete, discontinuous, spaced apart protrusions, and wherein the protrusions are sized, shaped and arranged to resist relative movement between tissue and the implantable prosthesis when the pump bulb is squeezed.
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Abstract
An implantable pump with a plurality of protrusions and grooves is described.
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18 Claims
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1. A pump assembly for an implantable prosthesis, the pump assembly comprising:
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a housing including a valve assembly, a pump bulb that is squeezable through tissue, the pump bulb having a plurality of discrete, discontinuous, spaced apart protrusions, and wherein the protrusions are sized, shaped and arranged to resist relative movement between tissue and the implantable prosthesis when the pump bulb is squeezed. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A pump assembly for an implantable prosthesis, the pump assembly comprising:
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a housing including a valve assembly, a pump bulb having a plurality of protrusions with a longitudinal axes, the protrusions being arranged to be spaced apart by a plurality of grooves with longitudinal axes, and wherein the protrusions have ends that separate the protrusions from each other. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A pump assembly for a prosthesis that is implantable in tissue, the pump assembly comprising:
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a housing including a valve assembly, a pump bulb having a plurality of protrusions spaced apart by grooves, wherein the protrusions and grooves have structure capable of blocking movement of the prosthesis relative to the tissue in three dimensions.
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17. An implantable penile prosthesis comprising:
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a reservoir for storing fluid;
a pump assembly in fluid communication with the reservoir;
a pair of cylinders in fluid communication with the pump assembly, the pump assembly comprising;
a housing including a valve assembly, the housing being adapted to be deformed to operate the valve assembly;
the housing having at least three protrusions, and a pump bulb.
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18. An implantable penile prosthesis comprising:
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a reservoir for storing fluid;
a pump assembly in fluid communication with the reservoir;
a pair of cylinders in fluid communication with the pump assembly, the pump assembly comprising;
a pump bulb;
a bar shaped housing including a valve assembly, the housing being adapted to be deformed to operate the valve assembly;
the housing having end portions and side portions, each end portion having at least one protrusion; and
the side portions having a side bar.
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