Pump bulb for an implantable penile prosthetic
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorJoel Chechik
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Abstract
A penile prosthetic includes an inflatable member that is implantable into a penis of a user, a reservoir that is implantable in an abdomen, and a pump. The pump is configured to be attached between the inflatable member and the reservoir and is implantable in a scrotum. The pump includes a pump bulb having an internal cavity formed by a side surface connected between a bottom surface and a top surface of the pump bulb. The side surface provides an outside circumference of the pump bulb and includes at least two concave side walls with each concave side wall connected between two adjacent convex lobes of the pump bulb.
Claims13
An implantable penile prosthetic comprising:
- a pump that is intraoperatively attached with tubing between an inflatable member that is implantable into a penis and a reservoir that is implantable in an abdomen, the reservoir is configured to contain liquid useful in inflating the inflatable member, the pump comprising:
- a pump bulb having an internal cavity formed by a side surface connected between a top surface and a bottom surface of the pump bulb such that the side surface forms an outer circumference of the pump bulb, and the pump bulb includes three lobes;
- wherein each of the three lobes is convex in shape when viewed in a lateral cross-section taken parallel between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- wherein each of the three lobes is spaced apart from an adjacent one of the three lobes by a spacing in a range from 0.25 to 1 inches to provide a finger-width access recess to the pump bulb;
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- wherein the side surface of the pump bulb includes three side walls, with each of the three side walls connected between two of the three lobes with each of the three side walls formed to be concave when viewed in the lateral cross-section taken parallel between the top surface and the bottom surface.
An implantable penile prosthetic comprising:
- a pump that is intraoperatively attached with tubing between an inflatable member that is implantable into a penis and a reservoir that is implantable in an abdomen, the reservoir is configured to contain liquid useful in inflating the inflatable member, the pump comprising:
- a pump bulb having an internal cavity formed by a side surface connected between a top surface and a bottom surface of the pump bulb such that the side surface forms an outer circumference of the pump bulb, and the pump bulb includes three lobes;
- wherein each of the three lobes is convex in shape when viewed in a lateral cross-section taken parallel between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- wherein each of the three lobes is spaced apart from an adjacent one of the three lobes to provide a finger-width access recess to the pump bulb;
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- wherein the side surface of the pump bulb includes three side walls, with each of the three side walls connected between two of the three lobes with each of the three side walls formed to be concave when viewed in the lateral cross-section taken parallel between the top surface and the bottom surface.
A pump for an implantable penile prosthetic, the pump is intraoperatively attached with tubing between an inflatable member that is implantable into a penis and a reservoir that is implantable in an abdomen, the reservoir is configured to contain liquid useful in inflating the inflatable member, the pump comprises:
- a pump bulb having an internal cavity formed by a side surface connected between a top surface and a bottom surface of the pump bulb such that the side surface forms an outer circumference of the pump bulb, and the pump bulb includes three lobes;
- wherein each of the three lobes is convex in shape when viewed in a lateral cross-section taken parallel between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- wherein each of the three lobes is spaced apart from an adjacent one of the three lobes to provide a finger-width access recess to the pump bulb;
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- wherein the side surface of the pump bulb includes three side walls, with each of the three side walls connected between two of the three lobes with each of the three side walls formed to be concave when viewed in the lateral cross-section taken parallel between the top surface and the bottom surface.
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