Claims
- 1.
- In a penile implant comprising a relatively rigid support portion having a stem at one end for insertion into the root end of a corpus cavernosum of a penis; a separate relatively rigid, elongated tip portion with a tip at one end for insertion in the glans end of the corpus cavernosum and an intermediate portion comprising a flexible sleeve connected at one end to the support portion and at the other end to the tip portion, the improvement which comprises providing said other ends of the support portion and tip portion with attachment means which can be used to removably attach the support portion and tip portion together in the form of a unitary rod.
- 2. The implant of claim 1 in which the attachment means is a pair of magnets of opposed polarity on the other ends of the support portion and the tip portion, respectively.
- 3. The implant of claim 1 in which the attachment means are mating female and male elements on the other ends of the tip portion and support portion.
- 4. The implant of claim 1 in which the flexible sleeve cooperates with the support and tip portions to form a fluid tight chamber which can be inflated with fluid to increase the girth of the implant.
- 5. The implant of claim 1 in which the sleeve is made of a material of limited expansion.
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 and my copending application Ser. No. 266,455 filed May 22, 1981.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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