Impotence treatment apparatus with connection device
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus comprises a constriction device implanted in an impotent male patient and engaging the patient's penile tissue. The constriction device includes an elongate adjustable constriction member extending in a loop around the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof. A connection device releasably connects the end portions of the constriction member to each other and an adjustment device adjusts the longitudinal extension of the constriction member in the loop to temporarily constrict the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to restrict the penile exit blood flow to achieve erection. The connection device includes a female part and a male part fitting into the female part to lock them together. The design of the connection device facilitates laparoscopic surgery for implanting the constriction member.
A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising a constriction device implantable in a male patient, who suffers from sexual impotence, for engaging the patient's penile tissue or the prolongation thereof, the constriction device including an elongate adjustable constriction member adapted to extend in a loop around the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof, the constriction member having first and second end portions, a connection device for releasably connecting the first and second end portions of the constriction member to each other, and an implantable adjustment device adapted to adjust the longitudinal extension of the constriction member in the loop to temporarily constrict the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to restrict the penile exit blood flow to achieve erection, the connection device including a female part and a male part fitting into the female part to lock them together.
An apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the adjustment device comprises a powered adjustment device and further comprising an implantable energy transforming device adapted to transform wireless energy emitted from outside the patient's body into an energy form suited for powering the adjustment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.