About
Mentor Worldwide LLC was founded in 1969 and is a supplier that develops, manufactures, and markets medical products for the aesthetic medicine market worldwide. It is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has manufacturing and research operations in the U.S., and the Netherlands.
Mentor has made breast implant devices for over 20 years. Mentor claims their breast implants are for use in both breast augmentation and breast reconstruction and are of the highest quality, and made under strict standards of design and testing. They also claim they achieved a "tremendous level of respect in the medical community and is consistently recognized by physicians for outstanding product integrity". Their MemoryGel® and MemoryShape® Breast Implants are the most popular, US Food and Drug Administration approved silicone implants.
Their Mission Statement is "Make life more beautiful".
History
With humble beginnings, Mentor started with only 4 employees and an initial $50,000 investment. It went public in 1970. Originally it started as a urology company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and later acquired by the Heyer-Schulte division of American Hospital Supply located in Irvine, California in 1984. The acquisition proved fruitful and more than doubled Mentor's sales and diversified its product lines. Heyer-Schulte produced several implantable medical devices, including breast implants, and gave Mentor a prominent position in the plastic surgery market.
Mentor later moved its headquarters from Minneapolis to the Heyer-Schulte facilities in Santa Barbara in 1985. In 1999, Mentor makes the strategic decision to divest its ophthalmology division and concentrate on plastic and reconstructive surgery, and urology. Then in May of 2006, Mentor divested the urology business as well and focus completely on aesthetic medicine. In November of 2006, Mentor received FDA approval for its MemoryGel® (silicone gel-filled) Breast Implants for use in breast augmentation and reconstruction surgery.
Johnson & Johnson
On Jan 23, 2009, Mentor was acquired by the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.
For more information on Mentor visit: http://www.mentorwwllc.com/global-us/
Breast Implant specific site: https://www.breastimplantsbymentor.com/
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