Male prosthesis device

• US 7,503,892 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Issued: 03/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EPD Scientific
• Original Assignee: John B. Squicciarini
• Inventors: Squicciarini, John B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilbert; Samuel G
• Application Number:
  US11/733,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20070238918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 600 38- 41, 128/842, 128/844, 128/845, 623/24, 623/25, 623/57
• US Class Current: 600/39
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/26 Penis implants
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36007 of urogenital or gastrointestinal organs, e.g. for incontinence control

Abstract

A male prosthesis device configured to be worn on a flaccid, partially-erect or erect penis which transmits tactile sensations through a stimulation material to the surface of the penis. The device includes a prosthesis with an outer surface and in inner chamber, a microprocessor, one or more sensors and one or more stimulation materials. The outer surface is configured to appear as a penis or other elongate body with hard or soft materials, with optional stimulation materials and sensors. The inner cavity is lined with stimulation material configured to contact the surface of the penis. Sensors for detecting sensation or direction can be disposed within, on, or separate from the device transmit signals electrically or wirelessly to the microprocessor, which is programmed to generate stimulation sensations in response to signals from the sensors, stimulation materials, or controllers that are transmitted to the stimulation material.

Claims

1. A therapeutic male prosthesis device for simulating natural sensations, the device comprising:

a unitary prosthetic body comprising an outer surface and an inner cavity integral with the unitary body, the inner cavity sized and adapted to receive a penis, the outer surface configured and shaped to resemble the look and feel of an erect penis; and

a simulation unit comprising a sensor, a microprocessor, and stimulation material, at least a part of the simulation unit positioned between and proximal to the unitary body outer surface and the unitary body inner cavity, the sensor integrated with the prosthesis for sensing a movement, pressure and/or force of the prosthesis in an activity approximating sexual sensations;

the sensor configured to generate signals based upon such movement, pressure and/or force in an activity approximating sexual sensations, the microprocessor configured for receiving signals from the sensor, the microprocessor adapted to generate a signal intended to represent a sensation in an activity approximating sexual sensations; and

the stimulation material covering at least a portion of the surface of the inner cavity for receiving the signal representing a sensation on a penis.

2. A male prosthesis device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising stimulation material covering at least portion of the outer surface of the unitary body, and configured to receive the signal representing a sensation for providing sexual sensations to a cavity.

3. A male prosthesis device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a bag.

4. A male prosthesis device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a battery.

5. A male prosthesis device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to control intensity of the sensation.

6. A male prosthesis device in accordance with claim 5, further comprising a communication channel between the controller and the microprocessor.

7. A male prosthesis device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the communication channel between the controller and the microprocessor is wireless.

8. A male prosthesis device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the unitary prosthetic body is configured to sense an insertion sensation of the unitary prosthetic body in a cavity and generate a sensation further along the inner cavity with the stimulation material simulating the insertion sensation.

9. A method of simulating sexual sensations between a penis and a cavity, comprising:

inserting a penis in a unitary prosthetic body comprising an outer surface and an inner cavity integral with the unitary body, the inner cavity sized and adapted to receive a penis, the outer surface configured and shaped to resemble the look and feel of an erect penis;

the unitary prosthetic body further comprising a simulation unit comprising a sensor, a microprocessor, and stimulation material, at least a part of the simulation unit positioned between and proximal to the unitary body outer surface and the unitary body inner cavity, the sensor integrated with the prosthesis for sensing a movement, pressure and/or force of the prosthesis in an activity approximating sexual sensations;

the sensor configured to generate signals based upon such movement, pressure and/or force in an activity approximating sexual sensations, the microprocessor configured for receiving signals from the sensor, the microprocessor adapted to generate a signal intended to represent a sensation in an activity approximating sexual sensations; and

the stimulation material covering at least a portion of the surface of the inner cavity for receiving the signal representing a sensation on a penis;

inserting the unitary prosthetic body in a cavity; and

simulating sexual sensation by activating said stimulation material with said signal.