Pump for an implantable penile prosthesis
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsTerence M. Fogarty, Robert A. Arp
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Abstract
A pump adapted to be attached between a reservoir and an inflatable penile implant of an implantable penile prosthesis includes a pump body connected between a pump bulb and tubing that is attachable to the reservoir and to the inflatable penile implant. An inlet valve and an exhaust valve are disposed within the pump body between the pump bulb and the tubing. A deflate valve is disposed within the pump body between the inlet valve and the tubing. The deflate valve includes a valve stem connected between a spring stabilizer and a valve surface. An aperture is formed to extend entirely through the deflate valve.
Claims10
(canceled)
A method of providing a user with a reversible erection, the method comprising:
- implanting in the user a pump connected to a reservoir and an inflatable penile implant with tubing, wherein
- squeezing a pump bulb of the pump moves liquid from the reservoir to the inflatable penile implant, thus inflating the inflatable penile implant;
- and
- releasing the liquid from the inflatable penile implant and returning the liquid to the reservoir through the tubing thus reversing an erection by deflating the inflatable penile implant, including
- activating a deflate valve by moving a valve stem disposed in the pump between an inlet valve and an exhaust valve with a one-touch activation to the deflate valve characterized by an absence of a sustained activation force applied to the deflate valve by the user, with the valve stem having an end surface opposite a base surface, the moving the valve stem including
- displacing the base surface away from the inlet valve toward the exhaust valve and allowing liquid to flow from the inflatable penile implant to the reservoir through the tubing.
A method of providing a user with a reversible erection, the method comprising:
- implanting in the user a pump connected to a reservoir and an inflatable penile implant with tubing, wherein
- squeezing a pump bulb of the pump moves liquid from the reservoir to the inflatable penile implant, thus inflating the inflatable penile implant;
- activating a deflate valve on the pump by moving a valve stem disposed transversely in the pump between an inlet valve communicating with the reservoir and an exhaust valve communicating with the inflatable penile implant, including
- activating the deflate valve with a one-touch activation that is characterized by an absence of a sustained activation force applied to the deflate valve by the user;
- and
- releasing the liquid from the inflatable penile implant and returning the liquid to the reservoir through the tubing thus reversing an erection by deflating the inflatable penile implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.