Fluid-Expanded Urethral Bulb Addresses Pressure and Insertion Discomfort
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing non-surgical erectile dysfunction devices often cause discomfort, reduce sensitivity, and fail to provide a pleasurable experience due to external pressure or rigid insertion, lacking adaptability to varying penis lengths and not allowing for easy insertion and removal, while also not promoting enhanced pleasure for both partners.
Innovation Solution
A device with an expandable bulb and internal cavity that can be externally filled with fluid, featuring a one-way valve system for controlled fluid flow, vibration, and light emission to enhance pleasure, allowing for non-surgical insertion and removal while maintaining an erection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If clamps are worn at the base of the penis to exert pressure on the veins, then blood flow is limited to create and sustain an erection, but sensitivity of the penis is significantly reduced and discomfort increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the bulbous expansion mechanism from external clamps and places it internally within the urethra. The bulb expands internally to maintain erection rather than relying on external compression, thereby eliminating the harmful external pressure that causes sensitivity loss and discomfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces fluid as an intermediary substance that is injected into the bulb to cause controlled expansion. This fluid-mediated expansion provides gentle internal support rather than direct mechanical compression, reducing harm to penile sensitivity while maintaining erection reliability.
2Reliability
If a permanent rigid insertion device is used for complete urethral insertion, then erection is maintained, but ease of insertion and removal is reduced and discomfort increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transforms the device from a permanent rigid structure to a dynamic, adjustable system. The bulb can expand and contract based on fluid injection and removal, allowing the device to adapt its size and shape for easy insertion and removal while maintaining structural support for erection when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the device by controlling fluid volume in the bulb. By adjusting the amount of fluid, the bulb's volume and pressure are modified, enabling the device to transition between compact (for insertion) and expanded (for erection maintenance) states, thereby improving ease of operation.
3Reliability
If a non-retractable bulb is used at the proximal end of the device, then erection is sustained, but discomfort during insertion and retraction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bulb is designed to be dynamic rather than static, capable of expansion and contraction through fluid injection and removal. This allows the bulb to be compact during insertion to minimize discomfort, then expand to sustain erection, and finally contract for comfortable removal, eliminating the harm of a permanently rigid structure.
4Reliability
If fixed volume insertion devices are used, then erection is maintained, but adaptability to varying penis lengths is reduced causing discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses variable fluid volume in the bulb to adapt to different penis lengths and sizes. By injecting or removing fluid, the bulb's volume is adjusted to match individual anatomical variations, allowing the same device to effectively serve users with different penis dimensions while maintaining reliable erection support.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a comfortable and pleasurable experience by adapting to varying penis lengths, ensuring easy insertion and removal, and promoting enhanced sexual activity through fluid control and sensory stimulation.
Implementation Method 1
The lumen cavity is further defined by a lumen wall. The lumen wall has a first lumen wall thickness from the lumen distal end to a lumen wall intermediate point. Starting at the lumen wall intermediate point the lumen wall provides for at least one of a sequenced and progressive reduction in the lumen wall thickness from the first lumen wall thickness to a second lumen wall thickness in the direction of a lumen cavity proximal end. When fluid enters the lumen cavity, the graduated reduction in lumen wall thickness from the lumen wall intermediate point to the lumen cavity proximal end allows for the lumen wall to expand to an elastic bulb.
Implementation Method 2
A distal receiver outer surface of the distal end cap assembly receiver comprises a threaded pattern extending from the outer surface about an outer surface circumference The outer surface further comprises a graduated stepped reduction in a distal end cap assembly receiver outer diameter. The stepped reduction in the outer diameter provides for a reduced surface interference at the lumen/cap communication point. In addition, a third reduced diameter provides for the removable fitting of a rigid section on to the distal receiver proximal side.
Implementation Method 3
The distal end cap assembly, and thus the erectile dysfunction device, has a vibration component due to the operation of the motor.
Implementation Method 4
The distal end cap assembly, and thus the erectile dysfunction device, has a light emission component due to the illumination device.
Data Source
AI summary
A device and method for the present invention provide for an erectile dysfunction device comprising an insertion assembly in communication with a distal end cap assembly. The distal end cap assembly is positioned at a distal end of the erectile dysfunction device and external to the user's body and provides for mechanical and electronic features. The insertion assembly comprises a lumen, lumen cap and rigid section in removable communication. A proximal end of the insertion assembly is closed and provides for a lumen wall of reduced thickness. The lumen wall of reduced thickness provides for local expansion of the lumen wall to an elastic bulb when fluid is inserted in the lumen when the device is in operation by a user, the elastic bulb having an anchoring effect. A method of insertion, operation, and removal of the erectile dysfunction device is also described.