Breast Implant Warranty

Breast Implant Warranties: What's Covered?
Prosthetic mammary implant manufacturers like Natrelle (Allergan, formerly Inamed) and Mentor Corp. offer conditional guarantees with each implant. The implants are numbered by lot and each has a serial number for identification, you should receive the implant serial number stickers with your post-operative information packet. Although some doctors keep this for their own records. If you should move or not ever feel the need to go to that particular surgeon again, you should ask for you implant serial number stickers for your personal file. Most patients are given half of the set of their ID stickers, the other half of which gets turned into the implant manufacturer with your records and social security number for warranty as well as identification purposes.

Mentor Breast Implant Warranty Information

• The Mentor Standard Advantage Limited Warranty
  With every saline-filled breast implant you not only receive our Lifetime Product Replacement Policy3, but the Mentor Standard Advantage Limited Warranty, free of charge. And here are the details:
  • Lifetime product replacement policy
  • For 10 years from the date of implant surgery, and up to $1,200 financial assistance for operating room, anesthesia, and surgical charges not covered by insurance
  • Free contralateral (opposite side) implant replacement upon surgeon request
  • Non-cancelable terms
• The Mentor Enhanced Advantage
  Mentor offers an optional extended limited warranty for our saline-filled implants, the Mentor Enhanced Advantage2. Extend coverage on your breast implants above and beyond the protection you already receive from the Mentor Advantage. The benefits cover operating room, anesthesia, and surgical charges not covered by insurance one time for 10 years from the date of implant surgery, with up to $2,400 worth of financial assistance. That means less out of pocket expenses for you.
  • Lifetime Product Replacement3
  • 10 Years of Financial Assistance (up to $2400) for operating room, anesthesia, and surgical charges not covered by insurance from the date of implant surgery4
  • Free contralateral (opposite side) Breast Implant Replacement Upon Surgeon Request
  • Non-cancelable Terms
  • This optional limited warranty is available for saline-filled breast implant products and, to be eligible, must be purchased for an enrollment fee of $100 within 45 days from implantation5.

With both Mentor Advantage and Mentor Enhanced Advantage it is important to maintain your own records to ensure validation of your enrollment, as it is possible your doctor may not retain your records for the entire duration of the limited warranty.

• The Premier Advantage Limited Warranty - MemoryGel® Round Breast Implant Warranty
  •  Lifetime product replacement policy1
  • This warranty applies to expenses occurring from a confirmed rupture due to loss of shell integrity for up to 10 years from the date of implant surgery
  • The warranty pays up to $3,500 financial assistance2 for operating room, anesthesia, and surgical charges not covered by insurance and applies only to MemoryGel® round breast implant surgeries on or after May 1, 2009.
  • Free contralateral (opposite side) implant replacement upon surgeon request
  • Non-cancelable terms
  • this warranty coverage is free
     

This is a summary of Mentor's Standard and Enhanced Advantage coverages. It is an overview only and not a complete statement of the program. To obtain a copy of the complete Mentor Advantage Limited Warranty for Saline-Filled Breast Implants, click here, or you may write or call:

Consumer Affairs Department
MENTOR
201 Mentor Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
1-800-525-0245

*You may also obtain a copy of the complete program from your physician.

credit: Mentor Corporation

 Natrelle (Allergan, Formerly Inamed) Breast Implant Warranty

Confidence Plus Warranty
As a recipient of certain NATRELLE™ style saline and silicone filled breast implants you are automatically enrolled in our ConfidencePlus® warranty program at no charge!
•10 years of guaranteed financial assistance
•Up to $1200 in out-of-pocket expenses for surgical fees, operating room and anesthesia expenses not covered by insurance
•Silicone filled and saline filled breast implants covered
•Lifetime product replacement
•Automatic enrollment
•Non cancellable terms


Confidence Plus Premier Warranty
Also available for certain NATRELLE™ style saline and silicone filled breast implants when purchased for the low enrollment fee of $100 within 45 days of surgery
•10 years of guaranteed financial assistance
•Up to $2400 in out-of-pocket expenses for surgical fees, operating room and anesthesia expenses not covered by insurance
•Contralateral implant replacement. At the surgeons request, Allergan will also provide a replacement for the contralateral breast.
•Silicone filled and saline filled breast implant covered
•Lifetime product replacement
•Automatic renewal to ConfidencePlus® at no charge
•Non cancellable terms

Read more: http://www.cppwarranty.com/warrantyInfo.aspx