Method for controlling flow in a bodily organ
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical device for treating a male impotent patient. There is provided a medical device having a constriction device for exerting a force on at least one portion of a tissue wall of a penile portion of the patient to constrict the tissue wall, and a stimulation device with at least one electrode for stimulating the 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 stimulation device to fixate the at least one electrode to the constriction device.
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 stimulation device configured to fixate the at least one electrode to the constriction device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.