Penile prosthesis
CA 1298440 C · Owner: Bristol-Myers Company · Inventors: Daly, Mark D.
Overview
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An improved penile prosthesis to be surgically implanted in man for the treatment of erectile impotence includes at least one elongated, flexible cylinder containing therein a hydraulic system comprising a pressure chamber a reser-, voir and a pump. It also includes an outer girth adjusting chamber concentric with the pressure chamber. The girth adjusting chamber is connected by tubing to a pressure bulb located outside the cylinder so that the girth adjusting chamber can be inflated and the girth of a penis increased by transferring fluid from the pressure bulb to the adjusting chamber. INP/199/65139008
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- Granted April 7, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 7, 2009.
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