Controlled impotence treatment
First Claim
1. A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an operable restriction device implantable in a patient for engaging the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis, the restriction device being operable to restrict the blood flow passageway to provide erection,a source of energy, anda control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for controlling the source of energy to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, when the restriction device is implanted,wherein the control device controls the restriction device and comprises;
a first control unit operable from the outside of the patients body for providing a control signal, anda second control unit implantable in the patient adapted to control the restriction device in response to the control signal; and
wherein the apparatus further comprises;
an external data communicator intended to be outside the patient'"'"'s body, andan internal data communicator implantable in the patient for communicating with the external communicator, wherein the internal data communicator feeds data related to the patient back to the external data communicator or the external data communicator feeds data to the internal data communicator.
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Abstract
A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus comprises an operable restriction device (56) implanted in a patient and engaging the penile tissue (58) or the prolongation thereof to form a restrictable blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis. The restriction device is operable by an implanted operation device (60) to change the restriction of the blood flow passageway. A control device (62 and 64) is provided for controlling a source of energy, which may or may not be implanted, from outside the patient'"'"'s body, to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, i.e. to power the operation device. The patient uses the control device to restrict the blood flow leaving the penis to achieve erection.
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197 Claims
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1. A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device implantable in a patient for engaging the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis, the restriction device being operable to restrict the blood flow passageway to provide erection, a source of energy, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for controlling the source of energy to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, when the restriction device is implanted, wherein the control device controls the restriction device and comprises; a first control unit operable from the outside of the patients body for providing a control signal, and a second control unit implantable in the patient adapted to control the restriction device in response to the control signal; and wherein the apparatus further comprises; an external data communicator intended to be outside the patient'"'"'s body, and an internal data communicator implantable in the patient for communicating with the external communicator, wherein the internal data communicator feeds data related to the patient back to the external data communicator or the external data communicator feeds data to the internal data communicator. - 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, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139)
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140. A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device implantable in a patient for engaging the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis, the restriction device being operable to restrict the blood flow passageway to provide erection, a source of energy, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body is provided for controlling the source of energy to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, when the restriction device is implanted, wherein the source of energy is intended to be external to the patient'"'"'s body, and the control device is adapted to control the external source of energy to release wireless energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, and wherein the apparatus, further comprises an implantable stabiliser for stabilising the energy released by the control device. - View Dependent Claims (141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197)
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