Controlled penile prosthesis
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1. A male sexual impotence treatment prosthesis apparatus comprising:
- an operable prosthesis implantable in the cavities of the corpora cavernosa of an impotent patient to provide erect penile condition, when the prosthesis is operated;
an external source of energy adapted to release wireless energy for use in connection with the operation of the prosthesis;
an implantable energy transforming device for transforming the wireless energy to storable energy;
an internal, implantable source of energy adapted to store the energy released from the external source of energy; and
a control device operable from the outside of patient'"'"'s body is provided for controlling the internal source of energy for use in connection with the operation of the prosthesis, when the prosthesis is implanted,wherein the apparatus further comprises an external data communicator to be provided outside the patient'"'"'s body and an internal data communicator to be implanted in the patient for communicating with the external data communicator, said internal data communicator is capable of feeding data related to the patient or related to the prosthesis, back to the external data communicator and said external data communicator is capable of feeding data to said internal data communicator.
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Abstract
A male sexual impotence prosthesis apparatus comprises an operable prosthesis implanted in the cavities of the corpora cavemosa of a patient'"'"'s penile tissue for providing erect penile condition, when the prosthesis is operated. The prosthesis is operable by an implanted operation device. A control device 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 prosthesis, i.e., to power the operation device. The patient uses the control device to operate the prosthesis to achieve erection.
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1. A male sexual impotence treatment prosthesis apparatus comprising:
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an operable prosthesis implantable in the cavities of the corpora cavernosa of an impotent patient to provide erect penile condition, when the prosthesis is operated; an external source of energy adapted to release wireless energy for use in connection with the operation of the prosthesis; an implantable energy transforming device for transforming the wireless energy to storable energy; an internal, implantable source of energy adapted to store the energy released from the external source of energy; and a control device operable from the outside of patient'"'"'s body is provided for controlling the internal source of energy for use in connection with the operation of the prosthesis, when the prosthesis is implanted, wherein the apparatus further comprises an external data communicator to be provided outside the patient'"'"'s body and an internal data communicator to be implanted in the patient for communicating with the external data communicator, said internal data communicator is capable of feeding data related to the patient or related to the prosthesis, back to the external data communicator and said external data communicator is capable of feeding data to said 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)
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