Eurosilicone implants
The first Eurosilicone laboratory appeared in 1988.
Its founder, Donald McGahn, set the main goal to organize production and make the company an industry leader. In 1997, they merged with another manufacturer, Europrotecs, and two years later moved their headquarters and all production to the French town of Apt. In 2004, the company merged with MEDICOR Ltd with the goal of becoming a world leader in the production of breast implants and other medical products for plastic surgery. Today Eurosilicone is the largest breast implant company in Europe and the third largest in the world. It produces 800 thousand endoprostheses per year, employing about 300 specialists in production.
Eurosilicone implants (manufactured by EUROSILICONE SAS, France) have undergone research/testing for safety indicators in the Russian Federation according to the procedure established by law and are declared. Declaration dated May 24, 2018 No. ROSS.FR.MG11D13761 (valid until May 23, 2021). They have been registered on the territory of Russia and are approved for use on the basis of RU dated 06/09/2010 No. FSZ 2010/07171. The endoprostheses comply with the requirements of ISO (international product manufacturing standard) and EU standards, as evidenced by the CE certificate confirming the compliance of the implants with the requirements of Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC.
American silicone NewSil is used as the starting raw material in production. Both the shell and the cohesive gel are made from it. The company uses its own laboratory to develop implants using innovative technologies. Features of Eurosilicone implants include a thirteen-layer 450-micron shell with Nusil barrier properties, which prevents the filler from sweating. Each of them differs in density and strength. The implant is reliably protected from ruptures. Even in the event of mechanical damage to the shell, the cohesive gel will not penetrate outside.
The process innovation lies in the texture creation process. The relief is created by molten silicone, onto which sodium chloride crystals are applied. After the polymer mass has hardened, the workpiece is sent to the oven for polymerization. The process is repeated several times. This technology makes it possible to create a surface that ensures optimal encapsulation of the implant in the postoperative period and prevents rotation, that is, rotation of the endoprosthesis and securely fixes it in a given position.
There are four types of implants in the Eurosilicone line:
- Paragel
- 139 modifications of round endoprostheses.
Presented in two series : Sculpturale
and
Cristalline
with a textured surface. An impermeable liner is placed under the outer shell layer. - Vertex
- anatomically shaped, includes an additional plate that is sewn to the broad chest muscle. In this way, its displacement is prevented and reliable fixation is ensured. - Aptex
- anatomically shaped with a jelly-like cohesive filler and a Nusil shell. - Komuro
is an anatomically shaped low-profile implant that is easy to install through an endoscopic micro-incision in the armpit. This is the most gentle way to install an implant.
Eurosilicone provides a lifetime guarantee on all medical products. Each implant has a serial and identification number. It is entered into a database and tracked from the moment the operation is completed. Feedback is established between the company and patients. Previously manufactured implants have been tracked for over ten years. During this time, no complications related to the quality of endoprostheses were identified.
McGhan (Natrelle) 410
McGahn style 410 implants are available as anatomically shaped elastomers. This line is represented by 240 possible options, differing from each other in profile height and implant diameter. The filler of this style of implants can be a highly cohesive or flowable filler (the latter has the SOFT TOUCH memory property). Style 410 endoprostheses are intended for breast augmentation in patients with a thin build, with a narrow chest, and who are performing this operation for the first time.
Sebbin implants
The laboratory developing Sebbin brand implants was organized on the basis of the Silicone Medical company, which has been operating since 1979. Groupe Sebbin (France) released the first batch of products in 1986.
Since 2010, after a change in management, the main investments were made in scientific development, which resulted in the modernization of production and the production of new Lux class implants. They meet European and international standards of the highest quality standards. The company is developing a technique for digital modeling of endoprostheses, and nanotechnology has been introduced into the production of implant shells.
SEBBIN TM products are certified according to the ISO-9001 and ISO-13485 system and comply with European and Russian standards.
Features of Sebbin implants include an eight-layer main shell and an additional protective shell that prevents the filler from sweating.
The endoprostheses are filled with cohesive gel Naturgel™ from the American company NuSil Technology. Patients are offered implants with three types of filler: classic, soft (SoftTouch) and high density. The products are available in three types of surface: microtexture, macrotexture and smooth silicone.
Dental implants – pros and cons
As for expert opinions, the majority of specialists are inclined to argue for dental implants, and those who are usually against are either very elderly doctors or dentists who do not have sufficient qualifications to carry out such procedures. If we consider the pros and cons of dental implants, then among the undeniable advantages we can note durability, the absence of the need to grind adjacent teeth, in contrast to the installation of bridges, as well as the preservation of all the functions of a natural tooth, such as: full participation in chewing and speech, prevention of tooth loss bone tissue and changes in facial features. As for the disadvantages, the price becomes a significant difficulty for most patients, however, as mentioned above, this is an adequate cost of solving the problem once for a lifetime. As for an alternative to dental implants, it does not exist as such, since traditional prosthetics is inferior to it in all respects.
Dental implants make it possible to improve the quality of life, restore the full functionality of the dentition, restore the attractiveness of the smile, and also protect yourself from the loss of bone tissue in the place of the missing tooth, and therefore from the possibility of losing neighboring teeth. But, in any case, only an implantologist can confirm the need for this operation; he will also help you draw up a treatment plan and choose designs that suit you personally.
BellaGel implants
BellaGel breast implants are manufactured by HANSBiomed Corp., which has been developing and introducing medical products into production since 2001. It is located in Seoul, Republic of Korea and is part of the medical equipment and consumables industry. Hans Biomed has 318 employees and sales of US$67.28 million. The corporate family includes six companies.
Today, its structure includes headquarters, a tissue engineering laboratory and production facilities with a total area of 5950 sq.m. HansBiomedCorp. develops and improves materials for silicone implants and tissues for allotransplantation.
The company's main activities are biotechnology. Medical products are certified according to European, Chinese and Russian quality standards. Production complies with FDA ISO requirements. BellaGel breast implants are the first among Asian manufacturers to receive European quality certificates and CE marking. Control over the production of endoprostheses occurs at all stages of the technological process.
The production uses silicone from Applied Silicone Corp., whose products are approved by the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) and recognized as safe for use in the medical field.
Features of BellaGel implants include a multilayer shell, which is resistant to mechanical stress and prevents the filler components from sweating.
The sheath is manufactured from FDA Master File PDMS. The smooth implant shell has a five-layer structure. Textured endoprostheses have six of these layers. The filler of the implants consists of 95% cohesive gel. Refers to a high-density gel with good “shape memory,” thereby ensuring rapid restoration of the implant after compression or pressure.
McGhan (Natrelle) 510
Natrel style 510 implants are ideal for performing augmentation mammoplasty for women with the following anatomical features:
- tubular breast;
- a thin layer of soft tissue;
- Poland syndrome.
The line of this style is represented by 39 product variants, differing in the following characteristics:
- good fit to tissues due to the concave shape of the back surface;
- by combining two types of gel in one implant, which helps maintain its shape without contouring the edges of the endoprosthesis through the skin.
Polytech implants
POLYTECH Health & Aesthetics GmbH was founded in 1986, and already in 1995 it became the first manufacturer of breast implants in Europe to pass all quality and safety tests and receive permission to use the CE mark - the European mark of conformity to standards. Only 3 years later, such verification was made mandatory for all manufacturers of products in the European Union. In 2003, POLYTECH breast implants received the highest safety category (Class III) for medical devices and were certified to ISO 9001 and 13485 for production and quality management.
The headquarters and production plant are located in the same city - Dieburg, near Frankfurt am Main (Germany). The company constantly holds conferences and seminars with plastic surgeons, and organizes master classes. Today the philosophy of this company is the pursuit of excellence.
The company's product line includes 833 modifications of thoracic endoprostheses with three types of surfaces, four shapes and all projections. Features of POLYTECH® implants include:
- Microthane®
is a micropolyurethane foam coating (MPPU) of the silicone shell of endoprostheses, which prevents the development of capsular contracture and rotation, that is, displacement of the implant. - DiagonGel® 4Two®
are implants that use two types of gel fillers of different densities, with tactile sensations as close as possible to natural breast tissue. - B-Lite
® - innovative lightweight endoprostheses. - Custom Made Implants
is a program in which implants in complex cases are custom-made using 3D modeling.
POLYTECH® breast implants are produced in four shapes: Même (hemispherical with a round base), and three anatomical Replicon (with a round base), Opticon (with a short base), Optimam (with an oblong base).
The manufacturer’s line includes three types of implant surfaces:
- Microtextured - MESMO® sensitive™;
- POLYtxt® - with macrotexture;
- Microthane® - made from micropolyurethane foam.
Each patient who receives POLYTECH® breast implants is given a lifetime warranty on the medical product under the program.
How to choose the right Mentor breast implants?
When visiting a plastic surgeon, women, as a rule, want to get a completely new bust, while rarely taking into account the characteristics of their own physique. To ensure that after such operations the breasts look natural and harmoniously combine with the individual characteristics of the figure, Mentor produces a wide range of implants, varying in shape, size and profile. Therefore, the choice of endoprostheses must be approached comprehensively.
All breast implants can be divided into round and anatomical (drop-shaped) according to their shape. Mentor anatomical implants have one distinctive feature: their curvature (curvature of lines) is the most accurate among products of this type on the modern market. Their use allows you to most accurately recreate the natural appearance of the breast.
Mentor round breast implants are well suited for breast correction in patients of normal build. These products allow you to create a large bust with a pronounced upper pole.
If it is necessary to change the shape of the breasts in thin women of asthenic type, it is recommended to use teardrop-shaped Mentor endoprostheses. The edges of such products are not visible under the skin even with a small amount of adipose tissue.
Polyurethane implants. What are they and why are they needed?
In addition to silicone, plastic surgeons may offer you to install polyurethane-coated breast implants. The quality and basic properties of polyurethane endoprostheses correspond to silicone analogues, but the price is slightly higher. Their main difference is that the polyurethane shell practically does not slip in the tissues of the body. Polyurethane implants are most often used in repeated plastic surgeries to completely eliminate displacement (rotation) of the endoprosthesis.
