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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1981
Roy P Finney, Tampa, FL (US);
Medical Engineering Corporation, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A penile implant includes a relatively rigid support portion having a stem at one end to be inserted into the root end of a corpus cavernosum of a penis a relatively rigid elongated tip portion with a tip at one end adapted to be implanted in the glans end of the corpus cavernosum, hinge means joining the support portion and tip portion and holding means at the other ends of the support position and tip portion which cooperate to hold the support portion and tip portion of the implant in the form of unitary rigid rod. In a preferred embodiment the holding means at the other ends of the support portion and tip portion are magnets of opposite polarity and the hinge means is a cylindrical sleeve.