• Antibiotics: Drugs used to fight infection
  • Autoinflation: Inadvertent and unwanted inflation of the device
  • Biopolymer: A plastic material that is designed to be implanted in the body
  • Catheter: Hollow tube used to remove urine from the bladder
  • Chronic pain: Pain that continues beyond the normal recovery period
  • Corpus cavernosa: Chambers in the penis that fill with blood during an erection
  • Cylinder: A part of an inflatable penile implant. They are filled with fluid to give an erection. The cylinders are implanted in the penis
  • Erosion: Tissue next to any part of the device that is “worn away.”
  • General anesthesia: Puts you to sleep for the surgery
  • Glans of the penis: The head of the penis
  • Impotence: Unable to get or keep an erection that is firm enough for sexual intercourse
  • Local anesthesia: Numbs the surgical area
  • Migration: Movement of one or both cylinders, pump, or reservoir within the body, from where they were originally placed
  • Pump: A part of an inflatable penile implant. Transfers fluid between the reservoir and the cylinders. The pump is implanted in the scrotum
  • Reservoir: A part of an inflatable penile implant. Holds the fluid when the penis is not erect. The reservoir is implanted in the abdomen
  • Scrotum: The external pouch of skin and muscle containing the testes
  • Swelling: When tissue next to any part of the device is swollen
  • Trauma: Injury
  • Urinary tract: The system in the human body that stores and gets rid of urine