Help! Pump has stopped working!

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BionicMan2022
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Help! Pump has stopped working!

Postby BionicMan2022 » Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:42 pm

So after about 9 months of working perfectly suddenly my AMS 700 LGX will not transfer any fluid to the cylinders. I squeeze the bulb, feel the tiny pop as the valve resets but no fluid is transferred and the bulb doesn’t reinflate/refill it just stays collapsed. No matter how many times I squeeze the collapsed bulb still no fluid transfer. I give up and press the deflate button and then the squeeze bulb reinflates/refills. No matter how many times I repeat still no go. Has anybody else had this happen??
AMS 700 LGX implanted on 4/20/2022 at age 55 by Dr. Andrew McCoullough Lahey Clinic

portageriver
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Re: Help! Pump has stopped working!

Postby portageriver » Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:03 pm

Sorry my friend, I don't have any recommendations other than maybe trying to reset the pump.

I remember seeing something on the video that came with my implant - the reset includes something on the top of the block but I can't recall the exact steps for the reset. The introduction video to the AMS 700 is available online - that will show you how.

If that doesn't work, call the Doc!
Age 55, Ohio - Implant AMS 700 LGX, 21+ 3 following RAP for prostate cancer (Gleason 6). Implanted June 2021 and loving it!

Thumper007
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Re: Help! Pump has stopped working!

Postby Thumper007 » Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:33 pm

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I posted this earlier under the wrong post.
79 Yo, Gleason 9 7/20, RP 10/20, IPP 12/21 AMS 700 LGX 21 + 1 RTE.100cc reservoir. 7.50L 6.0G

dg_moore
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Re: Help! Pump has stopped working!

Postby dg_moore » Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:56 pm

My Titan started doing this a couple of years ago. Since I had never used the implant (see signature) I decided to just forget about it after consulting Dr Kramer.
Last edited by dg_moore on Mon Mar 06, 2023 3:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Dave, 80, Maryland - Implant (Titan) 2008 by Dr. Andrew Kramer (failed Sept 2020) - never used due to a stroke that, among other things, ended my sex life.
Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is.

newbie443
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Re: Help! Pump has stopped working!

Postby newbie443 » Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:10 pm

BionicMan2022 wrote:So after about 9 months of working perfectly suddenly my AMS 700 LGX will not transfer any fluid to the cylinders. I squeeze the bulb, feel the tiny pop as the valve resets but no fluid is transferred and the bulb doesn’t reinflate/refill it just stays collapsed. No matter how many times I squeeze the collapsed bulb still no fluid transfer. I give up and press the deflate button and then the squeeze bulb reinflates/refills. No matter how many times I repeat still no go. Has anybody else had this happen??


There is another reset for the pump that is not in the AMS published information. Contact your AMS rep and see if and when you can do the other reset. Your DVD in your packet also has the information posted above. And has video of the process. If you do not have your DVD that came in yor packet it is on line here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwp0YfSLxIU

I would try the trouble shooting published in the link and above first. But I would put a call into AMS to speak to a rep to get the problem document. That will also help AMS to know what problems and when they happen so they can consider improvements in the future.
Injections failed. Implanted 3-21-18 AMS 700 LGX 21 + 1 RTE 100 cc reservoir 6.5" L 5" G Dr. Kramer.

Proximal Perforation Sling Repair 4/13/21 Dr. Broghammer

66 years young.

Will show and tell and talk with others.

Tokyo_123
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Re: Help! Pump has stopped working!

Postby Tokyo_123 » Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:39 pm

Question: If this happened with a Titan, how would you reset the pump?
Venous Leakage (which I believe caused by my overuse of the Bathmate VED)

Dr. Clavell, August, 2022. Titan One-Touch, 24cm XL cylinders and trimmed off 0.5cm

frank66665
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Re: Help! Pump has stopped working!

Postby frank66665 » Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:43 am

Tokyo_123 wrote:Question: If this happened with a Titan, how would you reset the pump?

if you find that it is not transferring liquid into the cylinders press the deflation button and after 30 seconds pump and it should be fine after the first pump, this works fine for me
56, ED since 2010, pills work but not always and well, trt in progress improved but not so much, myocardial infarction january 2016, new stent september 2016, hypertension, venous on 1/23/23 titan one touch 22, no rte dottor Gabriele Antonini Italia


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