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wolfcreek
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won't inflate......

Postby wolfcreek » Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:31 am

My AMS CX, implanted about 2.5 years ago, has recently stopped working properly. It won't inflate (I can't feel the "pop" when I squeeze the bulb to begin inflation). However, I can occasionally get it to work by first lying on my back and pushing in the deflate button, while at the same time squeezing any saline fluid from my penis back to the resevoir. But this doesn't work most of the time. Anyone else ever have this problem??

Lost Sheep
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Re: won't inflate......

Postby Lost Sheep » Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:31 pm

wolfcreek wrote:My AMS CX, implanted about 2.5 years ago, has recently stopped working properly. It won't inflate (I can't feel the "pop" when I squeeze the bulb to begin inflation). However, I can occasionally get it to work by first lying on my back and pushing in the deflate button, while at the same time squeezing any saline fluid from my penis back to the resevoir. But this doesn't work most of the time. Anyone else ever have this problem??

I have not. If anything like this happened to me I would call the AMS Patient Liaison. They often have the best advice. Often even better than the surgeons. More practical in operating the device. Surgeons are often better acquainted with medical than mechanical.
Lost Sheep
AMS LGX 18+3 Nov 6, 2017
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Waynetho
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Re: won't inflate......

Postby Waynetho » Thu Apr 02, 2020 2:12 pm

Yes, as LS said, Patient Liaison has some unpublished/undocumented fixes that may help you. If nothing in the AMS booklet has helped the issues, they still may have a few tricks to try.
62yo, married 41 yrs. Urolift (x4) 8/12/19. AMS 700CX 15cm (no RTE) penoscrotal 10/28/19, Frisco, TX. PD 1995/ED 2011. Cialis helped but hinged. (1995)L:6/G:5.5+, (2019)Pre-op L:5/G:4.5, (2/2020)L:6.0/G:5.0

wolfcreek
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Re: won't inflate......

Postby wolfcreek » Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:08 am

They told me to push the delfate button in and squeeze the fluid from the tip of the penis to the base of the penis (while holding the deflate button in). In other words, get all of the fluid out of the penis and back into the reservoir. This worked the first few times I did it, but it rarely works now, sadly...

SW0110
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Re: won't inflate......

Postby SW0110 » Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:47 am

When that happened with my titan A ct showed the reservoir had a lot of saline around it on the outside. This was right after hernia surgery which was on same side as reservoir.

I would say see your urologist asap.
18 cm plus 1 rte titan installed March 2019. Revision March 2020 by Dr. Andrew Todd, Richmond KY. He replaced the titan with an AMS 700 LGX 18 cm cylinder plus 2 rte for 20 cm total length.

barrylandon
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Re: won't inflate......

Postby barrylandon » Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:47 am

Thanks for the advice, wolfcreek. I tried what you suggested and it worked for me! Sorry this method doesn't work for you anymore!!
Implanted 5/6/20 by Dr. Jesse Mills at UCLA; AMS 700 LGX 18 cm w/2 cm RTEs. I'm 73 & fit but had ED for 20 years. Pills/injections ultimately failed, including 3 ER trips for Priapism; Shockwave & embryonic stem cell therapies didn't help either.

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Re: won't inflate......

Postby medhatg » Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:00 am

wolfcreek wrote:My AMS CX, implanted about 2.5 years ago, has recently stopped working properly. It won't inflate (I can't feel the "pop" when I squeeze the bulb to begin inflation). However, I can occasionally get it to work by first lying on my back and pushing in the deflate button, while at the same time squeezing any saline fluid from my penis back to the resevoir. But this doesn't work most of the time. Anyone else ever have this problem??


Can you try sitting in a bathtub with warm water, then after few minutes, try to squeeze the pump quickly as close as possible to the top of the pump near the valve.


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