IP Library Granted Patent US 8,062,209
Granted Patent B2
US 8,062,209 · App. 12/967,776 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Implantable pump

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Patent No.
US 8,062,209
App. No.
12/967,776
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An implantable pump with a plurality of protrusions and grooves is described.

Claims (7)

1. An implantable penile prosthesis comprising:

a reservoir, wherein said reservoir stores fluid;

a pump assembly, wherein said pump assembly is in fluid communication with the reservoir;

a cylinder in fluid communication with the pump assembly;

wherein said pump assembly includes a compressible bulb and a valve, wherein said valve includes a movable element that is positionable between a first position in a first flow path and a second position in a second flow path, the valve being changeable from a first configuration with the movable element in the first position with the second flow path open by compression of said compressible bulb so that a fluid pressure is generated within said pump assembly to act on said movable element to change the movable element from the first position to the second position and thus the valve from the first configuration to a second configuration with the first flow path open and the second flow path closed so as to permit valve operation to inflate said cylinder.

2. The implantable penile prosthesis of claim 1 further comprising a flexible housing within which the first and second flow paths are provided along with the first and second positions of the movable element, the housing also comprising an auto-deflate protrusion so that by compression of the housing at the auto-deflate protrusion, the movable element of the valve can be caused to move from the second position to the first position to open the second flow path and close the first flow path so as to permit valve operation to deflate said cylinder.

3. The implantable prosthesis of claim 1 , wherein said movable element is moved between the first and second positions by way of a deformable portion of said pump assembly.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2016
From: AMS RESEARCH, LLC
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 037902/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2016
From: AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 037902/0200 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2015
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
To: AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC; AMS RESEARCH, LLC; LASERSCOPE
Reel/Frame 036285/0146 →
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Mar 20, 2014
From: ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION; AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; LASERSCOPE
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032491/0440 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2014
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032380/0053 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 22, 2011
From: AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 026632/0535 →