Girth expanding penile prosthesis cylinder
AssigneeAMS Research Corporation
InventorEric F. Little
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Abstract
An implantable inflatable penile prosthesis cylinder has a longitudinal axis and includes an inflatable portion. The inflatable portion includes a chamber that defines an inflatable chamber. The chamber wall includes at least one thin wall section and at least one thick wall section. The at least one thin wall section stretches a greater amount than the at least one thick wall section in a plane extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when the inflatable chamber is transitioned from a deflated state to an inflated state.
Claims19
An implantable inflatable penile prosthesis cylinder having a longitudinal axis and comprising an inflatable portion including a chamber wall defining an inflatable chamber, the chamber wall comprising at least one thin wall section and at least one thick wall section, wherein the at least one thin wall section stretches a greater amount than the at least one thick wall section in a plane extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when the inflatable chamber is transitioned from a deflated state to an inflated state.
An implantable penile prosthesis comprising:
- a pair of inflatable penile prosthesis cylinders, each penile prosthesis cylinder having a longitudinal axis and comprising an inflatable portion including a chamber wall defining an inflatable chamber, the chamber wall comprising at least one thin wall section and at least one thick wall section;
- a reservoir containing fluid;
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- an inflation apparatus configured to transfer fluid from the reservoir into the inflatable chamber to transition the inflatable portion to an inflated state;
- wherein the at least one thin wall section stretches a greater amount than the at least one thick wall section in a plane extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when the inflatable chamber is transitioned from a deflated state to the inflated state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.