# US 10,413,413 B1 · Penile implants that facilitate tissue expansion > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,413,413 B1 - Document ID: US10413413B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/238,792 - Filed: 2019-01-03 - Granted: 2019-09-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-23 - Assignees: Augmenta, LLC - Applicants: Augmenta, LLC - Inventors: Robert J. Cornell; Hans A. Mische; David A. Nichols - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10413413B1 ## CPC - A61F 2/26: Penis implants - A61F 2/0059: {Cosmetic or alloplastic implants (A61F2/10 - A61F2/16, A61F2/28 take precedence)} - A61F 2220/0008: Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body - A61F 2250/0018: differing in elasticity, stiffness or compressibility - A61F 2250/0019: differing in hardness, e.g. Vickers, Shore, Brinell - A61F 2250/0025: differing in roughness - A61F 2250/0036: differing in thickness - A61F 2250/0037: differing in height or in length - A61F 2250/0053: differing in optical properties - A61F 2250/0067: Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products into the body - A61F 2250/0071: breakable or frangible - A61F 2250/0078: Gender-specific, e.g. different for male and female patients - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The penile implant of claim 1 wherein said one or more biocompatible materials are configured to comprise one or more internal pockets that vary in one or more of the following: geometry, size, depth, or location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The penile implant of claim 2 wherein the said one or more internal pockets are configured to result in one or more of the following: (1) reduce rigidity of at least a portion of the implant, (2) reduce the total weight of the implant, (3) increase elasticity of at least a portion of the implant, (4) increase extensibility of at least a portion of the implant, or (5) increase compressibility of at least a portion of the implant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The penile implant of claim 2 wherein said internal pockets comprise a honeycomb design. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The penile implant of claim 1 wherein said implant comprises one or more biocompatible materials selected or configured such that a measured property at a first location on said penile implant is different than said same measured property at a second location on said implant. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The penile implant of claim 5 wherein said measured property comprises one or more of the following properties: (1) hardness; (2) tensile strength; (3) tear strength; (4) compressive strength; and (5) elongation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The penile implant of claim 6 wherein the measured property of hardness is different at a first location on said penile implant from a second location on said implant. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The penile implant of claim 7 wherein the measured property of hardness differs from the proximal end of the implant to the distal end of the implant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The penile implant of claim 2 wherein the said one or more internal pockets are configured to result in a change of one or more properties from the proximal end of the implant to the distal end of the implant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The penile implant of claim 3 wherein the said one or more internal pockets are configured to result in a change in rigidity from the proximal end of the implant to the distal end of the implant. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The penile implant of claim 1 comprising one or more tabs configured to suture to a body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The penile implant of claim 11 wherein the tabs are configured at both distal and proximal ends to suture Buck's fascia and receive tissue ingrowth. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The penile implant of claim 11 wherein the one or more tabs are attached to the body of the implant. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The penile implant of claim 11 wherein the one or more tabs comprise a mesh material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The penile implant of claim 12, wherein the tabs are configured to employ absorbable sutures. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The penile implant of claim 1, further comprising an antibiotic or antibacterial agent.