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US 10,413,413 B1Granted
Penile implants that facilitate tissue expansion
AssigneeAugmenta, LLC
InventorsRobert J. Cornell, Hans A. Mische, David A. Nichols
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Abstract
The invention pertains to penile implants that facilitate tissue expansion while not substantially inhibiting normal anatomical movement. The implants may be made of different materials or made in different configurations such that such that a measured property at a first location on said implant is different than said same measured property at a second location on said implant.
Claims16
A penile implant comprising:
- a body having outer and inner surfaces and a longitudinal axis and of a selected longitudinal length to be aligned with the long axis of a penis, wherein the body comprises:
- a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body having a wall thickness that tapers circumferentially in opposite directions beginning from a maximum thickness along a dorsal midline to a minimum thickness along ventral edges that form a ventral opening;
- said penile implant comprises one or more biocompatible materials selected or configured to facilitate tissue expansion wherein said one or more biocompatible materials comprise internal pockets configured such that a measured property of hardness differs from the proximal end of the implant to the distal end of the implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.