Focused Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Sexual Dysfunction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current treatments for erectile and sexual dysfunction, such as PDE5 inhibitors, intracavernosal injections, and invasive surgical implants, are invasive, risky, and have limited effectiveness, while radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy lacks empirical evidence for efficacy in treating these conditions.
Innovation Solution
Focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy is applied to strategic, gender-specific anatomical regions using a tailored approach with specific bar values, frequencies, and shockwave amounts to promote vasculature, blood circulation, and cell growth, improving sexual health function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional treatments such as PDE5 inhibitors, intracavernosal injections, or invasive surgical implants are used, then erectile and sexual dysfunction can be treated, but the treatments are invasive, carry risks, have limited effectiveness, and produce side effects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical/invasive treatment systems (injections, implants, pills) with an acoustic energy-based system. Focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy uses acoustic waves to stimulate tissue regeneration and improve blood flow without physical intrusion into the body, thereby eliminating the harmful effects of invasiveness and associated side effects while maintaining treatment effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces acoustic shockwaves as an intermediary medium to transmit energy and stimulate biological processes. The shockwaves act as a mediator that penetrates tissue to promote vasculature growth and nerve cell regeneration without requiring direct contact with medications or surgical instruments, thus avoiding the harmful effects of conventional treatments
2Object-affected harmful factors
If radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy is used, then a non-invasive treatment approach is provided, but there is little empirical evidence supporting its effectiveness for erectile dysfunction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms radial shockwave therapy into focused shockwave therapy by changing key parameters: the waves are concentrated at a specific focal point rather than dispersed radially, the frequency and duration are precisely controlled, and the energy delivery is targeted to specific anatomical regions. These parameter changes convert a non-invasive but ineffective approach into a non-invasive and effective treatment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies shockwave therapy with local quality by focusing the acoustic energy on specific anatomical targets (corpora cavernosa, crura, neurovascular bundle) rather than treating the entire area uniformly. This localized focused approach ensures that therapeutic effects are concentrated where needed, providing empirical evidence for effectiveness in treating erectile dysfunction
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
This method provides a non-invasive, effective treatment for erectile and sexual dysfunction by stimulating new blood vessels and nerve cells, potentially offering better patient outcomes than conventional therapies with fewer side effects.
Implementation Method 1
Other advanced methods of treatment have been developed to help improve sexual function in patients considering various drawbacks provided by the conventional therapy of oral or injection medications, psychological therapy, and invasive surgeries for implantation of penile prosthesis. One therapeutic approach involves the combinational use of a platelet rich plasma procedure and the application of radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT).
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AI summary
A medical procedure for treating human male and female patients suffering from erectile or sexual dysfunction, respectively, with focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy applied to strategic, gender-specific anatomical regions to improve sexual function. Some or all of the gender-specific anatomical regions may be anesthetized using a topical or local anesthetic, and focused extracorporeal shockwaves are applied to the anatomical regions at predetermined bar values, frequencies, and number of shockwave pulses, based on the severity of the sexual dysfunction. Focused extracorporeal shockwaves may be used in addition to convention methods of treating both erectile and sexual dysfunction.