WO1992017136A1

WO1992017136A1 - A venous constrictor device (for use by males)

Info

Publication number: WO1992017136A1
Application number: PCT/AU1992/000142
Authority: WO
Inventors: Arthur George Yarrington
Original assignee: Buckham, Geoffrey, J.
Priority date: 1991-04-05
Filing date: 1992-04-03
Publication date: 1992-10-15

Abstract

The invention relates to a device to be used as a male aid, especially by males suffering the affliction of impotence or partial impotence. The present invention aims to provide a non-surgical option as a simple, low cost device to increase male performance. The device acts as an externally applied venous constrictor to allow blood quantity to be retained and to build up in the penile organ. The figure shows the tension band (1), friction means (h) and primary holding means (a and b) in the partly wound state. Fully tensioned band, when in place, has a secondary holding means (d and 1a).

Description

TITLE: A VENOUS CONSTRICTOR DEVICE (FOR USE BY MALES)

FIELD OF INVENTION

The invention relates to a device to be used as a male aid, especially by males suffering the affliction of impotence or partial impotence as some form of venous incompetence.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A large number of males suffer the effect of impotence brought about by any of a variety of causes such as diabetes, vascular hardening of the arteries, chronic kidney failure, alcoholism, medication for high blood pressure or depression, pelvic surgery and accidents.

It has been evaluated that approximately one man in ten suffers from chronic impotence. All men at some time suffer partial impotence. Impotence means a man is not able to have an erection, firm enough, or for a long enough time, to have sexual intercourse. Various aids have been used and surgery is often performed to fully or partly alleviate the problems associated with impot- ency in males. Surgery to alleviate symptoms and surgery by placement of implants all present various levels of risk related to anaesthesia, infection, rejection and malfunction of the device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention aims to provide a non-surgical option as a simple, low cost device to increase male performance. The device acts as an externally applied venous constrictor to allow blood quantity to be retained and to build up in the penile organ. The device can assist to alleviate both physical impotence and psychol¬ ogical impotence by elimination of fear, worry, anger and frustration. The device of the invention provides a simple treatment aimed to solve the problem in a great many cases before the more involved treatment of male prosthesis as a surgically implanted device is performed as a last recourse.

Previous devices were either of high cost or difficult to apply and lacking in the ability of the device to be adjustable to allow blood to pass the point of restriction.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET One preferred form of the device of the invention is formed as a strap, belt or band composed of a length of soft resilient elastic bodied flat material equipped with a holding, securing or retaining means which allows the length of material to be adjustably wound in 5 an overlapping manner around the shaft of the penile organ close to the pelvic area, whereby the holding, securing, catching or retaining means acts to lock the end of the strap, belt or band onto the main wound body to form a venous back-flow restriction means.

Due to the elastic nature of the material used in the construct- 10 ion of the device, the tension the strap is wound at can be easily controlled to suit the user's needs and the efficient operation of the device in acting as a venous constrictor to retain blood and at the same time not completely cut off the venous flow of additional blood to the penile organ. The device is easily applied and removed ^■I-³ causing no discomfort.

The device of the invention may be in the form of a 'use and dis¬ pose' or be made as a 'launderable reusable article'.

In operation, the user places the formed primary loop of the device in position well up near the base of the shaft of the penile

20 organ. The end of the strap, belt or band extending from the fric¬ tion means (formed as the tunnel saddle) is pulled up to tension the primary loop around the penile shaft.

With the primary tension adjusted by the user, physical stimul¬ ation by massage of the penile shaft promotes a further flow of

25 blood into the body of the penile organ to increase the firmness of the erection. At this stage the strap, belt or band may be further tensioned by pulling the extending end of the strap, belt or band further through the friction means (tunnel saddle)to increase the elastic tension of the wound section encircling the penile shaft to

-^>0 a tight but comfortable constriction. With the extending length of strap, belt or band still firmly gripped by the user's fingers, fur¬ ther tension winding proceeds holding the strap, belt or band in a stretched state. Overlapping winding continues to progressively multiply the tension of strap, belt or band encircling the penile --- shaft. The extending end of the strap, belt or band, when fully- wound in an overlapping manner, is locked onto the main body of the wound strap, belt or band by the holding, catching, securing or re-

SUBSTITUTE SHEET taining means compatibly placed on the strap, belt or band end and the body layer of the device.

Friction and holding, securing, catching or retaining means incorporated into the device allow easy primary tension adjustment, initial primary holding of the wound tension and a final securing or locking means to hold the tab end secure to the wound body.

An important feature of the device is the multiple layer winding procedure to gain accurate circumferential constriction of the penil shaft to control venous flow-back. Tension can be increased or de¬ creased by controlling the stretching of the band as it is wound on itself. The device acts as a venous tourniquet and the constrictio pressure can be accurately governed by the stretch tension of the band during winding and will vary between individuals, to be found b trial and error. Each wind will increase the constriction pressure by a consider¬ able amount.

In a large number of cases, the device relieves the need for in¬ vasive surgery and penile prosthesis and is therefore extremely cost effective. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:

Figure 1 shows a view in perspective of a preferred arrangement of the device of the invention wherein characteristic features are indexed for description in the embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 shows a view in perspective of a second preferred arrangement of the device of the invention wherein characteristic features are indexed for description in the embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Figure 1 shows a typical layout of a preferred arrangement of the device of the invention. Three main tension holding, secur¬ ing and retaining means are incorporated in the arrangement of the device whereby the primary loop is preformed before application by- threading the extending end j_ of the tension band 1_ through the tunnel saddle h_ which is fixably attached to the first end g_ of of the tension band 1.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET Tunnel saddle h_ acts in two ways: firstly to align and guide the tension band to maintain a concentric primary loop and secondly, due to the elastic composition construction of the tunnel saddle h_, a friction means acts to limit free movement of the tension band through the tunnel. Primary tension is adjusted to suit -the user by pulling extending section j_ of the tension band through friction means of h_. Primary tension is maintained and may be increased as tension band 1_ extending end j_ is continued to be wound on existing first loop whereby second turn locks onto multi-hook pad _b_ formed on outer surface of friction means h_. Locking to multi-hook pad _b occurs as the plush hairy inner side a_ of tension band 1_ contacts the multi-hook of pad b_. (A hook and loop arrangement.)

Winding of the tension band in the stretched state on itself continues till the first part a_ of the secondary holding, securing, catching or retaining means located on the second end of the tension band ^*_!_ is engaged with the outer woven surface la of tension band l_. The outer woven surface of tension band forms the second part of the secondary holding means to secure device in a tensioned wound state during use. Extending end j_ of tension band 1_ is shown at el_ turned over to view the first part d_ of the secondary holding, securing, catching or retaining means. A further enlarged view is shown at e2_^ whereby a hook plate composed of metal, plastic or other suitable material forms the first part d_ of secondary holding means. Various other ways may be arranged to perform the first and second holding, securin catching or retaining means utilized by the device.

A second preferred arrangement of the device of the invention incorporates a variation of the secondary holding, securing, catching or retaining means is performed whereby the first part d_ of the sec- ondary holding means located on the second end of the tension band 1_ is formed as an attached hook. As stretched winding continues with the extended section j_ of the tension band 1_ whereby at the full wound position, hook d_ engages with a corresponding placed second part of secondary holding, securing, catching or retaining means. which is formed as ladder loops, located on the outer surface of tension band 1.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET The secondary holding, securing, catching or retaining means serves to maintain the wound tension band turns locked together during use, to act as a venous tourniquet to maintain a firm erection. As demonstrated by clinical doppler tests, the pan corporeal constriction with the use of the present device does not impede the vascular response to intra penile vaso-active agents. This means the device may be applied prior to an intra- penile injection utilized as an erection enhancement means.

The device therefore is of great benefit to men with mixed etiology, allowing use in conjunction with hormone administration or intra-penile vaso-active agents.

The device also has wide beneficial use for men with psychog- enic impotence and premature ejaculation, and can be applied as an aid to medical screening tests for venous incompetence. To those skilled in the art to which this invention relates; many changes in design, components, construction and materials linked with widely differing embodiments and applications of the invention will suggest themselves without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The disclosures and description herein are purely illustrat¬ ive and not intended to be in any sense limiting or being restrict¬ ed to a precise form.

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Claims

CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. A venous constrictor device particularly conceived for use by men wit some form of venous incompetence, comprising: a length of soft resilient elastic bodied flat material formed as the tension band, equipped with a friction means fixably located on tensio band's first end through which the extending section of the tension ba passes to form the primary loop, and a primary holding means to secure second turn of the wound tension ban onto primary loop, and a secondary holding means to secure the extending section of the tensi band when fully wound on itself in the stretched state, whereby each t multiplies the constriction pressure of the wound tension band.

2. A venous constrictor device as in claim 1 whereby said tension band is equipped with a friction means formed as a tunnel saddle fixably attached t first end of tension band, said friction means composed as an elastic compo ition construction.

3. A venous constrictor device as in claim 1 whereby said primary holding means is formed as a multi-hook pad fixably attached to the outside surface the friction means to engage with plush inner side of the tension band as winding of the tension band on itself occurs.

4. A venous constrictor device as in claim 1 whereby a secondary holding means is formed as a hook plate fixably attached to the inside surface of t second end of the tension band arranged to engage with the outer woven surfa of the wound tension band.

5. A venous constrictor device as in claim 1 whereby the secondary holding means is formed as an attached hook to engage with the ladder loops located the outer surface of the tension band.

6. A venous constrictor device as in claim 1 substantially as described an illustrated in the accompanying specifications and drawings.

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