US 12,290,441 B2
Multiple pump system for inflatable penile prosthesis
Jan Weber, Maastricht (NL); and Noel Smith, County Kilkenny (IE)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,112.
Application 17/447,112 is a continuation of application No. 16/409,134, filed on May 10, 2019, granted, now 11,135,063.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/671,583, filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393406 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/26 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid;
an inflatable member; and
a pump assembly configured to transfer the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member during an inflation cycle, the pump assembly including:
a first pump configured to inject the fluid into the inflatable member; and
a second pump configured to inject the fluid into the inflatable member,
wherein the pump assembly is configured to be disposed in a first configuration in which the second pump is disposed in parallel with the first pump and a second configuration in which the second pump is disposed in serial with the first pump.