Inventors:
J. Frank Koenig - Vienna VA, US
John J. Basile - Fairfax VA, US
International Classification:
A61F 5/00
Abstract:
The present invention relates to treatments for erectile dysfunction comprising momentary vacuum therapy alone or with medications. The treatments may be effective when other treatments (PDE-5 inhibitors (e. g. , VIAGRA®); vasodilators (e. g. , ALPROSTADIL®); combination pharmacotherapies (e. g. , VIAGRA® and MUSE); central nervous system-acting agents (e. g. , Apomorphine) fail. All treatments use a finding of the present invention that momentary vacuum therapy increases the elasticity of arteries to overcome, to a significant degree, the arterial inelasticity of atherosclerosis, a primary cause of erectile dysfunction. When momentary vacuum therapy is used with VIAGRA®, e. g. , the atherosclerosis problem and the chemical message problem are treated simultaneously. Momentary vacuum therapy may be useful in the treatment of peripheral (e. g. , arms and legs) artery disease and congestive heart failure.