Allergan assures patients and surgeons the quality and safety of their implants breast.
Madrid, January 2012.- before the alert generated by PIP prostheses, it is important to recognize that there are a number of different manufacturers of breast implants in the world. Allergan Inc., world leader in proprietary medicinal products and medical devices company, want to reassure patients and surgeons around the world have relied on devices of breast implants the company and ensures that their products are not part of the recent research on devices of breast implants manufactured by the French manufacturerPoly Implant Prosthese (PIP).
Allergan breast implants have been used successfully for nearly 50 years in over 60 countries.
Allergan maintains rigorous clinical development, manufacturing processes and thorough quality control tests, as well as programmes for monitoring and surveillance behind the marketing of their breast implants to ensure maximum security for them. Subjected to their products to almost 100 tests quality control, including the inspection of materials and evaluation of durability. All Allergan implants are manufactured with the most demanding in last generation facilities standards using cohesive silicone and saline solution approved for use in medical devices and meet all the standards of quality Control and good practices of national manufacturing and international to ensure the high quality of them.
For nearly 30 years, Allergan has consistently demonstrated a commitment to the development of science, safety and the quality of the devices of breast implants. Implants Allergan has advanced technology and are manufactured in several layers of a silicone gel more cohesive and carry a thicker outer layer designed to withstand more than 25 times the strength of a normal mammogram.
Breast implants are among the most studied medical devices in solid epidemiological studies. In June 2011, the American Agency FDA issued a progress report in the medical and scientific community on the safety of silicone gel-filled breast implants.
Breast implants are not devices of life
Health authorities around the world, medical professionals and Allergan recognize that you breast implants, saline or silicone, no devices are of lifetime and it is possible that at some point in the life of the patient, it may be necessary to remove the implants or replacing them.
