Claims
- 1. A rod-type penile implant which can be implanted completely within a corpus cavernosum of a penis and used to incrementally increase the girth of said penis, said implant consisting of:
- (a) an elongated rod-like member of physiologically inert material having a relatively short proximal stem portion adapted to be inserted into the root end of the corpus cavernosum of a penis, and a longer distal portion with a tip adapted to be implanted in the corpus cavernosum of the pendulous penis;
- (b) an integral sleeve axially positioned about an intermediate section of the distal portion of said member and sealed at each end to the member to form an elongated chamber for pressurizing fluid; and
- (c) a self-sealing valve means in said member rod-like and communicating with said chamber whereby pressurizing fluid can be added by means of a body piercing conduit to said chamber from the outside with a catheter so as to incrementally increase the size of said chamber and the girth of a penis in which it is implanted.
- 2. The implant of claim 1 in which the tip of the member is of resealable material and is the self-sealing valve means.
- 3. The implant of claim 1 in which the sleeve is of an expandable material.
- 4. The implant of claim 1 in which the sleeve is comprised of a fabric coated with silicone rubber which fabric expands to a predetermined limited extent to allow the penis to become larger and to contain the pressure so that the tunica albuginea will not distend.
- 5. The method of incrementally increasing the girth of a penis which comprises implanting in a penis only a pair of implants of claim 1 and later introducing measured amounts of pressurizing fluid into the chambers of said implant with a body piercing conduit through the self-sealing valve means to incrementally expand the chambers and thus stretch the tissue of the penis.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of my earlier applications Ser. No. 150,231 filed May 15, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,318,396; Ser. No. 266,455 filed May 22, 1981, now abandoned and Ser. No. 328,827 filed Dec. 9, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,411,261.
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