Erection aid

• US 6,485,408 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2001
• Issued: 11/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Invotron AS
• Original Assignee: Meditron A/S
• Inventors: Orten, Birger
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Veniaminov, Nikita R
• Application Number:
  US09/775,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20020022760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• Field of Search: 600/38-45, 600/324, 600/454, 600/551, 604/20, 601/15, 128/844
• US Class Current: 600/38
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/41 Devices for promoting penis erection penis implants A61F2/26; massage of the genitals A61H19/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 6/04 Condoms, sheaths or the like , e.g. combined with devices protecting against contagion
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 19/50 Devices for use during sexual intercourse
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2023/0227 with magnetostrictive elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/02 with electric or magnetic drive

Abstract

An erection aid comprises an elastic device adapted to be placed around at least a part of a penis, which device is in the form of a condom (1) or a tightening ring (10). The device is equipped with a piezoelectric unit (3), for example a piezoelectric foil, for emission of stimulating vibrations. The device is self-supplied with a battery (7) and an electronic miniature circuit (4) for activation of the piezo-unit (3).

Claims

1. An erection aid adapted to be placed around a part of a penis, comprising:

a device of elastic material equipped with a piezo-material connected to an electronic miniature circuit that delivers voltage pulses or sinusoidal oscillation to said piezo-material; and

a miniature battery,

wherein said miniature battery and said miniature circuit are arranged in or on the device, and

wherein the piezo-material is adapted to give off mechanical pulses or vibration to said penis or parts thereof upon activation of the miniature circuit.

2. The erection aid of claim 1, wherein the piezo-material is a piezoelectric material.

3. The erection aid of claim 2, wherein the piezo-material is designed to give off mechanical and electrical pulses or vibration to a sexual partner during coitus.

4. The erection aid of claim 2, wherein said piezoelectric material is embedded in the device to avoid direct skin contact.

5. The erection aid of claim 2, wherein said piezoelectric material is a strip or a trellis shaped to follow the elasticity of the device.

6. The erection aid of claim 1, wherein the miniature circuit is adapted to emit electric pulses or vibration in one or more predetermined frequency ranges.

7. The erection aid of claim 1, wherein the device is adapted to provide an additional function of elastic tightening around the penis.

8. The erection aid of claim 1,

wherein the device is constituted by a condom;

wherein the miniature circuit and the miniature battery are placed in a collar at an edge by the open end of said condom; and

wherein one or more piezo-materials are arranged in a condom area that corresponds to a particularly favorable penis area with regard to nerve stimulation.

9. The erection aid of claim 1, wherein the device is constituted by an elastic tightening ring adapted to be slipped onto the penis.

10. The erection aid of claim 1, wherein the miniature circuit is adapted to be activated automatically upon opening of a sales package or manually when the device is slipped onto the penis.

11. The erection aid of claim 1, wherein the piezo-material is adapted to give off electrical pulses or vibration to a part of the penis upon activation of the miniature circuit.

12. An erection aid adapted to be placed around a part of a penis, comprising:

a device of elastic material equipped with a piezo-material connected to an electronic miniature circuit that delivers voltage pulses or sinusoidal oscillation to said piezo-material; and

a miniature battery,

wherein said miniature battery and said miniature circuit are arranged in or on the device, and

wherein the piezo-material is a piezoelectric foil and is adapted to give off mechanical pulses or vibration to said penis or parts thereof upon activation of the miniature circuit.

13. An erection aid adapted to be placed around a part of a penis, comprising:

a device of elastic material equipped with a piezo-material connected to an electronic miniature circuit that delivers voltage pulses or sinusoidal oscillation to said piezo-material; and

a miniature battery,

wherein said miniature battery and said miniature circuit are arranged in or on the device, and

wherein the piezo-material is adapted to give off mechanical pulses or vibration to said penis or parts thereof upon activation of the miniature circuit, and the miniature circuit is connectable to an external power supply unit to obtain particularly powerful pulses or vibration.

14. The erection aid of claim 13, wherein said external power supply unit comprises a manually operable signal control device for cooperation with the miniature circuit.