Penile elevator

• US 5,433,694 A
• Filed: 04/14/1994
• Issued: 07/18/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seung-Hyun Lim
• Original Assignee: Seung-Hyun Lim
• Inventors: Lim, Seung-Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GILBERT, SAMUEL G
• Application Number:
  US08/227,467
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 600/38-41, 623/11, 128/DIG. 25
• US Class Current: 600/38
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/26 Penis implants

Abstract

The present invention relates to a penile elevator for treatment of a patient suffering from erectile impotence, when the penile elevator according to the present invention is surgically implanted under the skin of the lower abdomen and the penis, the patient suffering from the erectile impotence may easily perform the act of sexual intercourse, and more particularly, the penile elevator according to the present invention can easily slide according to the expansion or shrinkage of the penis to thereby be expanded or shrunk, and at the same time, the same is bendable to thereby render a patient no problem in his everyday life.

Claims

1. A penile elevator for supporting a shaft and glans of a human penis comprising:

a pad (1) made of a stainless steel having a predetermined diameter and coated by medically acceptable silicone on a peripheral surface thereof;

a support means (3) for supporting the pad composed of a plurality of strands;

fixing means (2) for attachment to said support means (3), wherein one end of said fixing means (2) is fixed to said pad (1) and another end of said fixing means includes an opening therein, so that said support means (3) can be inserted into the opening of said fixing means (2) and held there by mechanical force;

a cylinder member means (4) for substantially surrounding said support means (3), so that the cylinder member means (4) can move longitudinally on the support means according to the expansion or shrinkage of the penis;

a plurality of holes (5) formed in said cylinder member means (4) so that said cylinder member means (4) can freely slide with respect to said support means (3); and

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a silicone ring means (4) located at a tip of said cylinder member means (4) for wrapping the peripheral surface of the penis crosswise under the skin of the lower glans.

2. A penile elevator as described in claim 1 wherein said support means (3) includes a peripheral surface which is wrapped by a layer (10) coated by polytetrafluoroethylene.

3. A penile elevator as defined in claim 1 wherein said support means (3) includes a peripheral surface which is wrapped by a layer (10) formed with a silicone-coated film.

4. A penile elevator as described in claim 1 wherein said silicone ring means (6) is open at one end thereof in order to expand or shrink according to the crosswise expansion or shrinkage of the penis.

5. A penile elevator as defined in claim 1, wherein said silicone ring means (6) is less hard than said cylinder means (4) which has a hardness in the range of 1-80 degrees.

6. A penile elevator as defined in claim 1, wherein the cylinder member means (4) is attached to said silicone ring means (6).

7. A penile elevator for supporting a shaft and glans of human penis comprising:

a metal pad (1) coated by a medically acceptable silicone on a peripheral surface thereof;

support means (3) for supporting the pad comprised of a plurality of strands of material;

fixing means (2) for attachment at one end to said pad (1) and another end of which includes an opening therein for receiving said support means (3);

a cylinder member means (4) for surrounding said support means (3) so that said cylinder member means (4) can slide with respect to said support means (3) according to the expansion or shrinkage of the penis; and

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a silicone ring means (6) attached to said cylinder member means (4) for surrounding and supporting the penis under the skin of the lower glans.