Method for controlling flow in a bodily organ
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
A method for treating a male impotent patient, the method comprising the steps of cutting the skin of the patient, inserting a dissecting tool and dissecting an area of at least one portion of a tissue wall of a penile portion, and placing a medical device. The medical device comprises a constriction device configured to gently constrict the penile portion to restrict the blood flow leaving the penis, and a stimulation device configured to stimulate the penile portion constricted by the constriction device to at least further restrict the blood flow leaving the penis to achieve erection.
Claims10
A medical device for treating a male impotent patient, the medical device comprising:
- a constriction device configured to exert a force on at least one portion of a tissue wall of a penile portion of the patient to constrict said at least one portion of the tissue wall,
- a stimulation device comprising at least one electrode configured to stimulate said at least one portion of the tissue wall constricted by the constriction device to restrict blood flow leaving the penis to achieve erection, and
- an interconnection element arranged on the constriction device configured to fixate the at least one electrode to the constriction device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.