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US 12,194,289 · App. 17/019,468 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation device for the treatment of premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction, and methods of use thereof

Inventor: Tal Gollan (Ramat-Gan, IL)
Assignee: VIRILITY MEDICAL LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,194,289
App. No.
17/019,468
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device, wherein the device comprises a skin patch, configured to attach to the skin surface of the perineum of a subject suffering from premature ejaculation, wherein the skin patch contains electrodes configured to deliver electrical impulses transcutaneously to the bulbcavernosus muscle of the subject, wherein the transcutaneously delivered electrical impulses are configured to treat premature ejaculation.

Claims (32)

1. A device, comprising:

a skin patch comprising a body, wherein said skin patch has a surface configured to attach said skin patch to a skin surface of a perineum of a subject, wherein the skin patch body comprises:

at least two electrodes in said body suitable to deliver electrical impulses transcutaneously; and

an electronic circuitry including a controller electrically connected to said-at least two electrodes, wherein

said at least two electrodes and said electronic circuitry are configured to deliver said electrical impulses between said at least two electrodes to a bulbospongiosus muscle of said subject, during sexual intercourse of said subject, with an intensity, frequency, current, and/or pulse width suitable to delay an ejaculation of said subject during said sexual intercourse; and

said device is further configured to deliver said electrical impulses in response to receiving signals from a remote device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein all of said device including said skin patch which includes said at least two electrodes and said electronic circuit housing, is shaped and sized to be attached to said skin surface of said subject.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein all of said device is shaped and sized to be attached to the skin surface of the subject.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein said device is configured to fit between and conform to each of the thigh-groin crease of a subject.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said device does not include wires extending out from said skin patch.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein said device is configured to move between a standby state to an active state in response to said-remote device.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transcutaneously delivered electrical impulses are configured to induce a continuous contraction of the bulbospongiosus muscle of the subject.

8. The device of claim 1 , further comprising bending sections comprising at least two curved cuts, each of said curved cuts is positioned at opposite sides of the skin patch to allow bending of said skin patch along an axis between said two curved cuts.

9. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a battery with energy sufficient for generating said electrical impulses up to 30 minutes.

10. The device of claim 1 , comprising bending sections that enable bending of said skin patch body which comprises said at least two electrodes, said a battery and said electronic circuitry, to conform said skin patch to anatomy of said perineum.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein said electronic circuitry is configured to receive radio frequency said signals from said remote device.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein when said subject wishes to ejaculate, the device is further configured to receive an input from said subject through said remote device to discontinue said electrical impulses in response to receiving said input.

13. A method, comprising:

attaching a device, comprising a skin patch having at least two electrodes and an electronic circuitry in said skin patch, to a skin surface of a perineum of a subject, said at least two electrodes and electronic circuitry configured to deliver electrical impulses transcutaneously;

receiving signals from a remote device; and

delivering said electrical impulses between said at least two electrodes to a bulbospongiosus muscle of said subject during sexual intercourse, in response to said receiving of said signals;

wherein said electrical impulses have have an intensity, frequency, current, and/or pulse width suitable to delay an ejaculation of said subject during said sexual intercourse.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein said attaching comprises attaching said device during said sexual intercourse.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein said delivering comprises delivering said electrical impulses for a time period of up to 30 minutes during said sexual intercourse.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein said electrical impulses are further configured to induce a continuous contraction of the bulbospongiosus muscle, said contraction selected from the group consisting of: tetanic, sub tetanic, sub tetanic contraction with smaller oscillations, continuous, and intermittent.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the electrical impulses are a biphasic symmetrical wave.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the frequency of the electrical impulses is from 1 to 100 Hz.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the pulse width of said electrical impulses is from 10 to 500 μs.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein an interphase interval of said electrical impulses is from 1 to 500 μs.

21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the current of the electrical impulses is from 1 to 60 mA.

22. The method of claim 13 , wherein said attaching comprises attaching said device having bending sections that enable bending of the skin patch, to a skin surface of a perineum of the subject before or during sexual intercourse.

23. The method of claim 13 , further comprising receiving an input from said subject through said remote device that said subject wishes to ejaculate; and discontinuing said electrical impulses in response to said receiving of said input.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2020
From: GOLLAN, TAL
To: VIRILITY MEDICAL LTD.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 15778707
Provisional Application 62377010 · Aug 19, 2016
Provisional Application 62259960 · Nov 25, 2015
Related Publication 20210016078A1 · Jan 21, 2021
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