Mentor Corporation

Infobox_Company
company_name = Mentor Corporation
company_
company_type = Public (NYSE: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/mnt.html MNT] )
company_slogan = The power to transform
foundation = Minneapolos, Minnesota, USA (1969)
location = flagicon|USA Santa Barbara, California, USA
key_people = Joshua H. Levine, CEO Edward S. Northup, COO
Michael O'Neill, CFO
num_employees = 2,000 (2007)
industry = Medical equipment
products = ContourProfile® Gel breast implants
MemoryGel™ breast implants
NIA 24™ skincare
See complete products listing.
homepage = [http://www.mentorcorp.com/ www.mentorcorp.com]
revenue = profit$302 million USD (2007)
net_income = profit$57.6 million USD (2007) [cite web|url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/76/76343/Mentor.2007AR.pdf|title=Mentor Corporation 2007 Annual Report View|accessdate=2008-06-12]

Mentor Corporation (nyse|MNT) is a leading supplier of surgical aesthetics products to plastic surgeons worldwide. The company is based in Santa Barbara, California. It produces one of two federally approved silicone gel breast implants. Titled, MemoryGel, the product was approved by the FDA on November 17, 2006. The other FDA approved product is developed by competitor Allergan. Mentor also produces a range of lipoplasty equipment for liposuction procedures as well as a Niacin based skincare product line called NIA 24.

History

Mentor Corporation was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1969 by Christopher Conway, Eugene Glover, and Thomas Hauser. Mentor went public in 1970 and its first product line consisted of electronic laboratory instruments for the detection and measurement of the electrical activity of nerve cells and neural systems. The introduction of special urethral catheters for the treatment of urinary retention in 1975 marked the beginning of the company’s growth.

After acquiring the Heyer-Schulte division of American Hospital Supply in 1984, Mentor moved its headquarters to Santa Barabara, California in 1985. The acquisition provided Mentor with a position in the plastic surgery market with Heyer-Schulte’s implantable products including breast implants. [ cite web |url= http://www.mentorcorp.com/about/about_history.htm |title=Mentor Corporation History |accessdate=2008-06-12 |publisher=mentorcorp.com ]

Notes and references

* “US FDA/CDRH: Breast Implants - Silicone Gel Implant Approvals (2006)” FDA http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/siliconegel.html
* “Mentor Corporation Offical Web Site” Mentor Corporation http://www.mentorcorp.com/

External links

* [http://www.mentorcorp.com/ Mentor Corporation Company Website] - U.S. corporate site
* [http://www.mentorcorp.com/canada/ Mentor Corporation Canada Website] – Canada Corporate site
* [http://www.mentorcorp.com/global/ Mentor Corporation Global Website] – Global English Corporate site
* [http://www.loveyourlook.com/ LoveYourLook.com] – Patient Education website
* [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=mnt Yahoo! – Mentor Corp. Company Profile]