Malleable prosthesis with enhanced concealability
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsStephanie A. George, Sara Elizabeth Nelson, Randall P. Rowland, Charles C. Kuyava
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Abstract
A malleable penile prosthetic device for implantation within a penis of a user includes a columnar body and a plurality of malleable cores within the columnar body. The columnar body has a proximal end, a distal end, and a central axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end. Each of the plurality of malleable cores extends along the central axis, is angularly displaced about the central axis from neighboring malleable cores, and includes a bundle of wires surrounded by a sleeve.
Claims11
A malleable penile prosthetic device for implantation within a penis of a user, the device comprising:
- a columnar body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the columnar body including a resilient material that extends from the proximal end to the distal end;
- and
- a plurality of malleable cores that are wholly enclosed within the columnar body, each malleable core:
- being elongate;
- being angularly displaced about the central axis from neighboring malleable cores;
- and
- including a bundle of wires that define at least one void space between wires of the bundle of wires, surfaces of wires of the bundle of wires defining an outside of the bundle of wires being in direct contact with the resilient material, each wire of the bundle of wires having a longitudinal axis extending along the central axis,
- wherein the malleable penile prosthetic device is:
- when placed in a straight position, sufficiently rigid to remain in the straight position during intromission;
- and
- when placed in a bent position, sufficiently malleable to remain in the bent position, wherein the central axis of the columnar body does not extend through a malleable core.
A malleable penile prosthetic device for implantation within a penis of a user, the device comprising:
- a columnar body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the columnar body including a resilient material that extends from the proximal end to the distal end;
- and
- a plurality of malleable cores that are wholly enclosed within the columnar body, each malleable core:
- being elongate;
- being angularly displaced about the central axis from neighboring malleable cores;
- spaced from the central axis;
- and
- including a bundle of wires that define at least one void space between wires of the bundle of wires, surfaces of wires of the bundle of wires defining an outside of the bundle of wires being in direct contact with the resilient material, each wire of the bundle of wires having a longitudinal axis extending along the central axis,
- wherein the malleable penile prosthetic device is:
- when placed in a straight position, sufficiently rigid to remain in the straight position during intromission;
- and
- when placed in a bent position, sufficiently malleable to remain in the bent position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.