Penile prosthesis
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1. A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an adjustable prosthesis device implantable in the corpora cavernosa or other parts of a male impotent patient'"'"'s penile tissue,an implantable hydraulic adjustment device for adjusting the prosthesis device to temporarily achieve erect state of the penis,an implantable operation device for operating the hydraulic adjustment device,a reservoir implantable in the patient and defining a chamber containing hydraulic fluid, anda conduit providing fluid connection between the chamber and the hydraulic adjustment device, the conduit permitting free flow of hydraulic fluid in both directions in the conduit, the operation device including first and second wall portions of the reservoir,wherein the operation device is adapted to provide relative displacement between the first and second wall portions of the reservoir to change the volume of the chamber to distribute hydraulic fluid through the conduit between the chamber of the reservoir and the hydraulic adjustment device, to operate the hydraulic adjustment device to adjust the prosthesis device.
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Abstract
A male impotence treatment apparatus comprises an adjustable prosthesis device (2) implanted in an impotent patient. The prosthesis device engages the corpus cavernosum or penile tissue of the patient to provide flaccid or erect state of the penis. An implanted adjustment device is adapted to adjust the prosthesis such that the penis can be temporarily erected. The prosthesis is preferably controlled with a remote control and an implanted powered operation device (246), which may include servo means, operates the adjustment device.
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1. A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an adjustable prosthesis device implantable in the corpora cavernosa or other parts of a male impotent patient'"'"'s penile tissue, an implantable hydraulic adjustment device for adjusting the prosthesis device to temporarily achieve erect state of the penis, an implantable operation device for operating the hydraulic adjustment device, a reservoir implantable in the patient and defining a chamber containing hydraulic fluid, and a conduit providing fluid connection between the chamber and the hydraulic adjustment device, the conduit permitting free flow of hydraulic fluid in both directions in the conduit, the operation device including first and second wall portions of the reservoir, wherein the operation device is adapted to provide relative displacement between the first and second wall portions of the reservoir to change the volume of the chamber to distribute hydraulic fluid through the conduit between the chamber of the reservoir and the hydraulic adjustment device, to operate the hydraulic adjustment device to adjust the prosthesis device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134)
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