Patent ID: 7083570
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for use in the treatment of erectile dysfunction or for penile exercise which includes: an elongate vessel defining a vacuum chamber and having at one end of the vessel a mouth opening leading into the vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber being shaped and dimensioned to receive a penis; and a valve arrangement positioned at or towards the other end of the vessel, the valve arrangement incorporating both a non-return valve to permit air to be extracted from and a vacuum to be drawn in the vacuum chamber, and a selectively operable vacuum relief valve, the valve arrangement including a hole extending through the vessel and a seal element displaceable between a closed position, towards which it is biased, and in which it permits the flow of air from inside the vessel through the hole to outside the vessel and inhibits flow of air from outside the vessel to inside the vessel, and an open position which permits the flow of air through the hole both into and out of the vessel the seal element being in the form of a resilient deformable flap which functions in its closed position as a non-return valve to permit air to be drawn from the vacuum chamber and inhibit the flow of air into the vacuum chamber.