Patent ID: 9554908
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for implanting a penile prosthetic insert in a corpora cavernosum of a penis, the method comprising: engaging a first magnetic unit with an inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder; forming an incision to access the corpora cavernosum; inserting the first magnetic unit and a distal tip portion of the inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder into the corpora cavernosum through the incision; and locating a second magnetic unit outside the penis; attracting the first magnetic unit through tissue of the penis with the second magnetic unit; moving the second magnetic unit in a distal direction along an exterior surface of the penis to effect moving of the first magnetic unit and the inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder in the distal direction inside the corpora cavernosum; and locating the distal tip portion of the inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder at a distal end of the corpora cavernosum.