Mentor

All MENTOR® Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants contain gel that is cohesive, safe and aesthetically pleasing’.

• In 2002, we completed a plant in Leiden, The Netherlands. At 6,000 square meters, it is one of the largest of its kind in the world. This plant contains an automated breast implant dipping machine, which produces every implant shell in a consistently uniform manner. To meet an ever-increasing demand for our products, plant produces more than 300,000 breast implants a year, distributed to more than 100 nations. At Mentor all our products are made under strict standards of design and testing.
• Founded in 1969, Mentor Worldwide LLC is a leading manufacturer and supplier of medical products for the global Aesthetic medicine market and Reconstructive surgery. As the world’s leading maker of high-quality breast implants for over 30 years, our experience results in quality products that you can rely on.
• Headquartered in Irvine, California, Mentor has manufacturing and research operations in the United States and the Netherlands. In 1995, Mentor became the first breast implant manufacturer to achieve CE-marking for its products.
• MENTOR® Breast Implant products have been reviewed and approved by the applicable regulatory agencies confirming that the products satisfy applicable Health and Safety standards:
  • CE marking of conformity, the prerequisite for marketing the products in the European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) premarket approval (PMA)
• MENTOR® Breast Implant products satisfy the applicable standards, specifications and guidance documents, including but not limited to:
  • ISO 10993 “Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices”
  • ISO 14607 “Non-active surgical implants – Mammary Implants – Particular requirements”
  • ASTM F-703 “Standard Specification for Implantable Breast Prostheses”

Cohesive I™

The standard cohesive level gel used in Mentor® Breast Implants. This is the softest gel and has been preferred by millions of women worldwide. Products are available textured and smooth Moderate Plus, High and Ultra High projection Gel Breast Implants as well as the MENTOR® Becker™ Expander/Breast Implants.

Cohesive II™

A slightly firmer gel, for surgeons wanting a firmer feeling implant. This gel is used in textured Moderate Plus, High Profile Gel Breast Implants and MENTOR® Contour Profile™ Becker™ Expander/Breast Implants.

Cohesive III™

Mentor’s most cohesive gel, providing shape retention with a pleasing level of firmness for optimal aesthetic results. This gel is used in the Mentor® CPG™ Gel Breast Implants.