Claims
- 1. A valveless self-contained penile implant consisting essentially of an elongated, hollow, non-distensible cylinder having a flexible collapsible portion at one end for implanting into a corpus cavernosum of a pendulous penis and a relatively rigid other end for implanting in the root end of said corpus, pressurizing fluid substantially filling said hollow cylinder; a spring actuated, extendable piston closely fit in a longitudinal bore at the other end of said cylinder, said piston being extendable to transfer pressurizing fluid from the bore into said flexible, collapsible portion to thereby fill it and make it rigid; and, means for maintaining the spring actuated piston in a non-extended state until it is desired to tranfer the fluid into the flexible collapsible portion.
- 2. A valveless implant of claim 1 in which the means for maintaining the spring actuated piston in a non-extended state is a latch/unlatch mechanism.
RELATED CASES
This is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 459,776 filed Jan. 21, 1983, which is a division of application Ser. No. 313,729, filed Oct. 22, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,378,492, which is a division of application Ser. No. 150,231, filed May 15, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,318,396 and my application Ser. No. 680,746 filed Dec. 12, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,622,958.
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Hakky, PCT Application WO 80/00302. |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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