Mentor will work as a standalone unit reporting through ETHICON, a Johnson & Johnson company which provides suture, mesh and other surgical products.
Mentor’s products include breast implants; capital equipment and consumables used for soft tissue aspiration or body contouring; breast expanders; extremity tissue expanders; facial rejuvenation products; and liposuction products. The company also offers software, consulting and business management tools for plastic surgeons.
"The addition of Mentor, a market-leader and one of the most respected companies in the aesthetic space, expands our capacity to provide physicians with products that can restore patients’ appearance, self-esteem and quality of life,” said Alex Gorsky, company group Chairman for Johnson & Johnson with responsibility for ETHICON,” according to a Johnson & Johnson press release. “ETHICON is a company that is committed to bringing evidence-based medicine and the highest standards of quality to the aesthetic and reconstructive medical device category. Mentor also shares that commitment to science, health and wellness.”
Read the Johnson & Johnson press release on the Mentor acquisition.
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