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Abstract

A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus includes an elongate adjustable constriction member extending in a loop around a male patient's penile tissue or the prolongation thereof. An adjustment device adjusts the longitudinal extension of the constriction member in the loop to temporarily constrict the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to restrict the penile exit blood flow to achieve erection. A layer of a soft viscoelastic material is applied on the constriction member such that it is located between the constriction member and the patient's penile tissue or the prolongation thereof at least along a portion of the constriction member to protect the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof from being eroded by the constriction member. The layer has an inwardly directed radial extension in the loop such that, when the adjustment device is operated to decrease the longitudinal extension of the constriction member in the loop, the soft layer is forced to expand radially inwardly in the loop causing a corresponding increased constriction of the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof.

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