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Battery-operated male organ conditioning appliance

US5421808A · kind A · utility

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38Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 30, 1993
Grant dateJun 6, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61H2205/087
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A self-contained, battery-operated, external vacuum device includes an electric motor with an eccentric output shaft coupled with a reciprocating diaphragm pump in a common housing with the electric motor and batteries. A housing vacuum port is removably mounted inline on a reversible coupler, which in turn is received in an open end of a vacuum chamber for receiving a user's flaccid penis for vacuum engorgement therapy. The reversible coupler includes a pair of concentric annular extensions for establishing a vacuum seal with the housing vacuum port. A reverse side of the coupler includes an extended coupling nipple for alternate vacuum seal attachment with tubing connected to a manual pump. The vacuum chamber is tapered towards the penis introducing end to facilitate the full engorgement of the glans penis. A relative vacuum indicator on the housing permits the user to monitor the degree of negative pressure applied to the penis, which may then be adjusted with a flow control knob mounted on the housing. The electric motor is a relatively high torque low energy consumption motor to prevent pump stall.

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