Controlled impotence treatment
AssigneeObtech Medical AG
InventorPeter Forsell
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Abstract
A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus comprises an operable restriction device (56) implanted in a patient and engaging the penile tissue (58) or the prolongation thereof to form a restrictable blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis. The restriction device is operable by an implanted operation device (60) to change the restriction of the blood flow passageway. A control device (62 and 64) is provided for controlling a source of energy, which may or may not be implanted, from outside the patient's body, to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, i.e. to power the operation device. The patient uses the control device to restrict the blood flow leaving the penis to achieve erection.
Claims145
A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising an operable restriction device implantable in a patient for engaging the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis, the restriction device being operable to restrict the blood flow passageway to provide erection, characterised in that a source of energy is provided, and a control device operable from outside the patient's body is provided for controlling the source of energy to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, when the restriction device is implanted.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising at least one implantable sensor for sensing at least one physical parameter of the patient.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising an external data communicator intended to be outside the patient's body and an internal data communicator implantable in the patient for communicating with the external communicator, wherein the internal data communicator feeds data related to the patient back to the external data communicator or the external data communicator feeds data to the internal data communicator.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the restriction device is adapted to control the restriction of the blood flow passageway.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising an implantable energy transforming device, wherein the control device is adapted to control the source of energy to release wireless electric energy and the energy transforming device is adapted to transform the electric energy into kinetic energy for operation of the restriction device.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the control device controls the source of energy to release magnetic energy, non-magnetic energy, electromagnetic energy, non-electromagnetic energy, kinetic energy, non-kinetic energy, sonic energy, non-sonic energy, thermal energy or non-thermal energy.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the restriction device is non-inflatable.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the control device controls the source of energy to release energy for a determined time period.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the control device is adapted to control the source of energy to release energy in a non-invasive manner.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the control device comprises a wireless remote control for transmitting at least one wireless control signal for controlling the restriction device.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the restriction device is embedded in a soft or gel-like material.
An apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the restriction device is embedded in a silicone material having hardness less than 20 Shore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.