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US 12,629,090 B2Granted
Device for measuring erectile function and erectile function test system
OwnerJung Ki Joinventor
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Abstract
A device for measuring penile erectile function and an erectile function test system are provided. The device for measuring penile erectile function may include a body unit having a mesh structure formed of stretchable material and configured to surround at least a portion of a penis, a sensor unit arranged on the mesh structure of the body unit and configured to measure first data representing position information on penis, a storage unit configured to store the first data, and a communication unit configured to communicate the first data with a computing device.
Claims6
A device for measuring penile erectile function, comprising:
- a cylindrical body unit having a mesh structure formed of stretchable material and a non-mesh portion formed of non-stretchable material and configured to surround at least a portion of a penis, wherein the non-mesh portion includes a first edge extending in a height direction of the cylindrical body unit and a second edge extending in the height direction and constitutes a lateral surface of the cylindrical body unit with a gap between the first edge and the second edge, the mesh structure is attached between the first edge and the second edge to fill the gap, the non-mesh portion covers more than half of a circumference of the cylindrical body unit, and the non-mesh portion is formed of a plastic film and deformed in shape in response to an erection of the penis;
- a sensor unit arranged on the mesh structure of the cylindrical body unit and configured to measure first data representing position information on the penis, wherein the sensor unit includes a first position sensor arranged at one end of the mesh structure and a second position sensor arranged at the other end of the mesh structure, the first position sensor is configured to measure a first relative position of the first position sensor on the penis and the second position sensor is configured to measure a second relative position of the second position sensor;
- a control unit configured to calculate a distance between the first position sensor and the second position sensor based on the first relative position of the first position sensor and the second relative position of the second position sensor and generate information on shape change of the penis based on the first data;
- a storage unit configured to store at least one of the first data and the information on shape change of the penis and a predetermined circumference length of the non-mesh portion extending from the first edge to the second edge;
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- a communication unit configured to communicate at least one of the first data and the information on shape change of the penis with a computing device,
- wherein the control unit is further configured to generate information on a circumference length of the penis by adding the predetermined circumference length of the non-mesh portion and the distance between the first position sensor and the second position sensor.
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A device for measuring penile erectile function, comprising:
- a cylindrical body unit having a mesh structure formed of stretchable material;
- a sensor unit arranged on the mesh structure of the cylindrical body unit and configured to measure first data representing position information on a penis, wherein the sensor unit includes a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a third position sensor, and a fourth position sensor, the first position sensor and the second position sensor are arranged apart in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical body and the third position sensor and the fourth position sensor are arranged part in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical body such that the first position sensor, the second position sensor, the third position sensor, and the fourth position sensor are arranged in a rectangular shape, the first position sensor is configured to measure a first relative position of the first position sensor on the penis, the second position sensor is configured to measure a second relative position of the second position sensor, the third position sensor is configured to measure a third relative position of the third position sensor on the penis, the fourth position sensor is configured to measure a fourth relative position of the fourth position sensor;
- a control unit configured to:
- calculate a first distance between the first position sensor and the third position sensor in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical body unit based on the first relative position of the first position sensor and the third relative position of the third position sensor;
- calculate a second distance between the second position sensor and the fourth position sensor in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical body unit based on the second relative position of the second position sensor and the fourth relative position of the fourth position sensor;
- determine whether the first distance is different from the second distance;
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- determine a degree of curvature of the penis and a curved direction of the penis based on a difference between the first distance and the second distance;
- a storage unit configured to store at least one of the first data and information on shape change of the penis including the degree of curvature of the penis and the curved direction of the penis;
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- a communication unit configured to communicate at least one of the first data and the information on shape change of the penis with a computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.