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Implantable fluid devices

  • US 7,867,162 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/2009
  • Issued: 01/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inflatable penile prosthesis comprising:

  • a body implantable cylinder that is reversibly movable between an inflated state and a deflated state, the body implantable cylinder having opposed first and second ends disposed on a central longitudinal axis, the body implantable cylinder comprising;

    in cross section, when deflated, a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of intermediate portions disposed about the central longitudinal axis, the protrusions disposed a first distance away from the central longitudinal axis and the intermediate portions disposed a second distance away from the central longitudinal axis, the second distance less than the first distance; and

    in cross section, when inflated, the plurality of intermediate portions expand to a distance of approximately the first distance away from the central longitudinal axis;

    wherein the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of intermediate portions combine to form a plurality of leafs disposed around the central longitudinal axis configured to resist outward bending of a wall of the body implantable cylinder.

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