Mentor inflatable penile prosthesis

Historical advances in penile prostheses

“…Merrill, in his 1989 monograph about the Mentor device stated`tubing failure has been the only signi®cant mechanical problem I have encountered with this device.' 23 The same remains true today. Wilson and Delk reported 971 patients implanted with an enhanced Mentor Alpha 1 (additional reinforcement of silicone tubing).…”

“…Of primary signi®-cance was the fact that these polyurethane cylinders Advances in penile prostheses SK Wilson and JR Delk II S103 were 1200 times more durable than cylinders constructed of silicone rubber. 23 Mentor's original implant titled Mentor IPP had Bio¯ex cylinders and reservoirs but employed silicone for the pump and tubing. The original connectors were metal with ingenious plastic`snapon' collars.…”

Clinical Experience with 80 Inflatable Penile Prostheses

“…As far as infectious complications are concerned, we also report slightly higher results than those in the litera ture [3,10,12,14,19,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] (table 6). Noticeable is the fact that the 3 early infections were easily diagnosed, whereas the 5 others were diagnosed intraoperatively after surgical exploration for chronic painful penile syn dromes which evolved over several months.…”

Penile prosthesis implantation: past, present and future

“…This device was later named the Mentor GFS prosthesis, 40,41 and after tubing connectors were eliminated, it was renamed the Mark II prosthesis. 42,43 Surgitek introduced Uniflate 1000 in the mid 1990s.…”

“…44 Mentor introduced its three-piece inflatable prosthesis in 1983. 45 This device consisted of a silicone pump and tubing. The cylinders and reservoir were made of Bioflex.…”