Patent ID: 7931582

Claim:
A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising: an operable restriction device implantable in a patient for engaging the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis, the restriction device being operable to restrict the blood flow passageway to provide erection, a source of energy, and a control device operable from outside the patient's body for controlling the source of energy to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, when the restriction device is implanted, wherein the control device controls the restriction device and comprises: a first control unit operable from the outside of the patients body for providing a control signal, and a second control unit implantable in the patient adapted to control the restriction device in response to the control signal; and wherein the apparatus further comprises: an external data communicator intended to be outside the patient's body, and an internal data communicator implantable in the patient for communicating with the external communicator, wherein the internal data communicator feeds data related to the patient back to the external data communicator or the external data communicator feeds data to the internal data communicator.