July girls!!

danables wrote:Tee hee what are the chances sarahbabies same day same surgeon same hospital. Our paths might cross!!

danables wrote:Hi Jessica Yep Iv come to the conclusion that the FDA thing is just clever marketing anyway

danables wrote:Id say its Allergan/Mentor Nads, arnt they the ones putting forward their implants for approval? correct me if im wrong im just speculating.

Nads, do you know how long C.U.I implants have been around for? It would be interesting to see if there is any evidence to suggest that problems will develop after 10 years, statisticly most problems occur within the first few years (according to Mr T)so how the length of guarantee can be justified I dont know.

At Inamed we manufacture a range of breast implants in both the McGhan and CUI ranges. The implants we offer are available in three different gel types. McGhan implants are available in either Cohesive or Soft Touch Cohesive gel; while CUI implants are available in either Cohesive or Responsive gel. Please note, the terms Cohesive, Soft Touch Cohesive and Responsive are the names we at Inamed have given our gels.

All our silicone gels (Cohesive, Soft Touch Cohesive and Responsive ) have the same basic chemistry, but differ slightly in their chemical structure, which in turn affects the physical properties of the implant.

The McGhan 410 Matrix range and the CUI CML, CMH. CMM and CFM are filled with Cohesive gel. When these implants are cut in half the gel will present a clean cut surface.

The McGhan 410 Soft Touch Matrix range is filled with Soft Touch Cohesive gel which was developed in order to give the surgeon more surgical options - insertion technique, implant position - and the patient the benefits of a softer feeling implant. Again, when these implants are cut in half the gel will also present a clean cut surface.

Implants filled with Responsive gel behave differently (e.g. CUI MLP). Implants filled with Responsive gel feel softer than either implants filled with Cohesive or Soft Touch Cohesive gels. When cut in half, implants filled with Responsive gel do not present a clean cut surface.

Cohesive gel implants (Cohesive and Soft Touch Cohesive) are designed to maintain their shape if the shell is ruptured. While all our gels are cohesive (i.e. not liquid), the descriptive term "cohesive" is only used on the highly cohesive gels (Cohesive and Soft Touch) to emphasise their cohesive properties, as described above.

This brings us to gel cohesivity. Gel cohesivity is the tendency of a gel to stick or hold together. In order of cohesivity: Cohesive gel is the most cohesive followed by Soft Touch Cohesive gel and then followed by Responsive gel. At Inamed we use the gel cohesion test to provide an indication of the degree of cohesivity of gel taken from a completed implant. The gel cohesion test method is defined in the European Standard EN 12180 Non-active surgical implants. Body contouring implants - Specific requirements for mammary implants.

The gel cohesion test measures the "flowability" of the gel. The test is carried out using a standard text fixture, as described in the European Standard, which is essentially a funnel with a hole in the base. At the start of the test the hole is closed and the funnel is filled with gel taken from a breast implant. After a 30 minute settling period the hole is opened and the test fixture left for a further 30 minutes. At the end of this period the length of the pendant portion of gel from the opening of the test fixture is measured. The European Standard requires that the pendant portion of gel should not have separated or be more that 30mm long. At Inamed, both our Cohesive and Soft Touch Cohesive gels routinely return pendant lengths of zero with no gel separation. Responsive gel routinely returns a pendant length of less than 10mm (typically 5mm) with no gel separatione gels (now called responsive gels) and the cohesives...