Pubic Pad Vacuum Seal for Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current treatments for erectile dysfunction are often cumbersome and invasive, failing to effectively induce and sustain natural erections while preserving sexual sensation and pleasure.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a pubic pad for sealable engagement with a vacuum tube and an inflatable constriction member that induces an erection through a strong vacuum, then sustains it by constricting blood outflow using an inflatable ring, allowing for maximal penile engorgement and removal of the vacuum tube.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a vacuum tube is applied directly to the penis without a pubic pad, then the device is simpler, but the vacuum seal is imperfect allowing ambient air to escape and reducing vacuum efficacy
Solution Approach 1:
The pubic pad acts as an intermediary component between the vacuum tube and the user's body. It provides a sealing surface that prevents ambient air from entering the vacuum chamber, thereby maintaining vacuum efficacy without requiring direct skin contact with the vacuum tube. The pad's obverse surface seals against the vacuum tube mouth while the reverse surface contacts the pubis, creating an effective barrier.
2Duration of action of moving object
If the vacuum is released before constriction is applied, then the erection cannot be sustained, but if constriction is applied before maximal engorgement, then tumescence is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables preliminary inflation of the constriction member while the vacuum is still applied and the erection is being induced. This allows the constriction ring to be positioned and inflated to the correct pressure before vacuum release, ensuring that when the vacuum is released, the erection is already sustained by the constriction mechanism without requiring a complex sequential operation.
3Reliability
If invasive surgical procedures are used to treat erectile dysfunction, then treatment effectiveness may be improved, but patient comfort and sexual sensation are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces invasive surgical mechanical interventions with a non-invasive vacuum-based mechanical system. The vacuum tube and constriction member work together to induce and sustain erections through external mechanical forces applied to the penis, eliminating the need for surgical implants or procedures that penetrate the body, thereby preserving natural sensation and comfort.
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
Enables the induction and maintenance of erections with improved vacuum efficacy and comfort, allowing for sustained tumescence and enhanced sexual experience without the need for invasive procedures.
Implementation Method 1
The evacuation of the vacuum tube is therefore more properly effective, since the vacuum is not interrupted by imposition of ambient air escaping into the vacuum through an imperfect seal
Implementation Method 2
The vacuum attained is contemplated to be sufficient to draw blood flow into the penis and induce an erection into the evacuated space
Implementation Method 3
An inflatable constriction member is wearable in conjunction with the pubic pad for inflation after the erection is induced. Outflow of blood from the penis is therefore constricted before the vacuum is released enabling a user to sustain tumescence
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AI summary
A system for the treatment of erectile dysfunction includes a pubic pad devised to be worn upon the pubis of a user in conjunction with an inflatable constriction member. The pubic pad creates a mated, airtight seal with the mouth of a vacuum tube. The inflatable constriction member may be inflated via an air tube accommodated within a transverse duct in the pad. Inflation of the constriction member is therefore enabled while the vacuum is instated and after tumesecnce is induced, to sustain maximum engorgement before the vacuum is released. Once the ring is inflated, the vacuum may to be released, the pad removed, leaving the constriction ring in place upon the erect penis to sustain the erection during intercourse.