Pump bulb for an implantable penile prosthetic

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9907653-B2
Application number	US-201514809286-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2015
Priority date	Jul 27, 2015
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

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 formed by first and second end sections, a mid-section and concave portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An implantable penile prosthetic comprising:
an inflatable member that is sized for implantation into a penis of a user;
a reservoir that is implantable in an abdomen, the reservoir is configured to contain liquid useful in inflating the inflatable member; and
a pump that is intraoperatively attachable between the inflatable member and the reservoir, the pump configured to communicate with the inflatable member and the reservoir and sized for implantation into a scrotum, the pump including a pump bulb comprising:
a first end section and a second end section, each of the first end section and the second end section formed as a portion of a sphere;
a mid-section extending between the first end section and the second end section, with the mid-section planar in longitudinal cross-section and forming an arc in lateral cross-section; and
a first concave portion being arced in longitudinal cross-section between a first apex located in the first end section and a second apex located in the second end section.

2. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , further comprising a second concave portion separate from the first concave portion, the second concave portion extending between a third apex located in the first end section and a fourth apex located in the second end section.

3. The penile prosthetic of claim 2 , wherein the first concave portion and the second concave portion are located on opposite sides of the pump bulb, with the mid-section connected between the first concave portion and the second concave portion.

4. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , wherein a boundary of the mid-section is formed by a plurality of discrete segments.

5. The penile prosthetic of claim 4 , wherein the mid-section comprises a first arc-shaped segment and a second arc-shaped segment, each of the first and the second arc-shaped segment extending between the first concave portion and the second concave portion.

6. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , wherein the mid-section forms a circular arc in lateral cross-section.

7. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , further comprising a second concave portion separate from the first concave portion, wherein the mid-section includes a band that is connected between the first concave portion and the second concave portion, and the band is narrower than a width of either of the first concave portion and the second concave portion.

8. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , wherein the concave portion is bounded by a first curved line located in the first end section and a second curved line located in the second end section, where the concave portion and the first and second curved lines form a finger gripping area of the pump bulb.

9. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , wherein the concave portion has a boundary provided by a first curved line located in the first end section, a second curved line located in the second end section, and a pair of separated and parallel linear lines connected between the first curved line located in the first end section and the second curved line located in the second end section.

10. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , wherein the second end section is attached to a pump housing.

11. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , further comprising a transition area between any two adjacent sections.

12. An implantable penile prosthetic comprising:
an inflatable member that is sized for implantation into a penis of a user;
a reservoir that is implantable in an abdomen, the reservoir is configured to contain liquid useful in inflating the inflatable member; and
a pump that is intraoperatively attachable between the inflatable member and the reservoir, the pump configured to communicate with the inflatable member and the reservoir and sized for implantation into a scrotum, the pump including:
a pump bulb having an internal cavity formed by an external surface, the external surface comprising six interconnected segments including:
a top segment formed as a portion of a top sphere surface, with a centre of the top sphere surface offset away from a centre of the internal cavity;
a bottom segment formed as a portion of a bottom sphere surface, with a centre of the bottom sphere surface offset away from the centre of the internal cavity;
a first arc-shaped side segment and a second arc-shaped side segment connecting the top segment with the bottom segment; and
a third side segment shaped as a portion of a sphere and a fourth side segment shaped as a portion of a sphere, each of the third and the fourth side segment connecting the top segment with the bottom segment such that the external surface at the third side segment and the fourth side segment defines a concavity.

13. The penile prosthetic of claim 12 , wherein the first arc-shaped side segment is connected to the top segment along a first curved line and to the bottom segment along a second curved line, and wherein the second arc-shaped side segment is connected to the top segment along a third curved line and to the bottom segment along a fourth curved line.

14. The penile prosthetic of claim 13 , wherein the first arc-shaped side segment is connected to the third side segment along a first straight line and to the fourth side segment along a second straight line, and wherein the second arc-shaped side segment is connected to the third side segment along a third straight line and to the fourth side segment along a fourth straight line.

15. The penile prosthetic of claim 13 , wherein the third side segment is connected to the top segment along a fifth curved line and to the bottom segment along a sixth curved line, and wherein the fourth side segment is connected to the top segment along a seventh curved line and to the bottom segment along an eighth curved line.

16. The penile prosthetic of claim 12 , wherein the pump bulb comprises a transition area between any two adjacent segments.

17. The penile prosthetic of claim 12 , wherein a first width between an external surface of the first arc-shaped side segment and an external surface of the second arc-shaped side segment is greater than a second width between an external surface of the third side segment and an external surface of the fourth side segment.

18. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , wherein a profile of the first concave portion is arced between portions of the mid-section in lateral cross-section.

19. The penile prosthetic of claim 1 , wherein the first concave portion is spherically shaped.

Assignees

• Coloplast As

Inventors

• Taylor Jeffrey Brian

Classifications

• A61F2/26 Primary

  Penis implants · CPC title