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High Profile Gel Implants

Mentor Corporation

Mentor has recently begun offering a new, high profile saline implant known as model 3000, which you can read more about by clicking here.

However, as part of the Mentor Adjunct Study of silicone implants, Mentor has made available to physicians recognized as Clinical Investigators or participating in the Mentor Adjunct Study, a new high-profile silicone implant. Like the saline high-profile model 3000, but to a lesser extent, the high profile gel implant offers greater projection per base width. That means you don't need quite as wide an implant to obtain as much projection as you would with a normal profile silicone implant.

The Smooth Round High Profile Gel Implant (350 cc)
Round Smooth High Profile Silicone Implants
Diameter = 11.7 cm

Projection = 4.8 cm

The Siltex® (textured) Round High Profile Gel Implant (350 cc) Round Textured High Profile Silicone Implants
Diameter = 11.7 cm

Projection = 4.9 cm

Mentor Round High Profile Silicone Implant in Centimeters
Siltex®			Smooth
Device Volume	Diameter	Projection	Device Volume	Diameter	Projection
125 cc	8.4 cm	3.6 cm	125 cc	8.3 cm	3.5
150 cc	8.9	3.8	150 cc	8.8	3.7
175 cc	9.4	4.0	175 cc	9.3	3.9
200 cc	9.9	4.1	200 cc	9.7	4.0
225 cc	10.2	4.3	225 cc	10.1	4.2
250 cc	10.5	4.5	250 cc	10.5	4.3
275 cc	10.9	4.6	275 cc	10.8	4.4
300 cc	11.1	4.7	300 cc	11.1	4.5
325 cc	11.5	4.8	325 cc	11.4	4.6
350 cc	11.7	4.9	350 cc	11.7	4.8
375 cc	12.0	5.0	375 cc	12.0	4.8
400 cc	12.3	5.1	400 cc	12.2	5.0
425 cc	12.5	5.2	425 cc	12.5	5.0
450 cc	12.7	5.2	450 cc	12.8	5.1
500 cc	13.2	5.4	500 cc	13.2	5.3
550 cc	13.5	5.6	550 cc	13.6	5.5
600 cc	14.0	5.7	600 cc	14.0	5.6
650 cc	14.3	5.8	650 cc	14.4	5.7
700 cc	14.7	6.0	700 cc	14.8	5.8
800 cc	15.4	6.3	800 cc	15.5	6.0

Manufacturer's notes . ..

Please note: Individual implant dimensions may vary slightly in products of this type. Not all units will conform exactly to the dimensions noted above.

Caution: Investigational Device. Limited by federal law to investigational use. These products are only available to physicians participating in the Mentor Adjunct Study or physicians recognized as Clinical Investigators identified in an approved investigational Device Exemption (IDE) for core augmentation. Contact Mentor for more information.

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