AorTech, a Scottish company based in Bellshill is set to start testing a “next generation” breast implant made of ultra-tough but highly malleable plastic.
The gel substance, called Elast-Eon, could provide the quarter of a million women in the USA and Europe who have breast surgery every year with a safer and more natural implant.
Frank Maguire, AorTech’s chief executive, said: "Our fundamental proposition is we can develop a much safer product which is twice as strong as silicon and has a barrier property that is up to 100 times greater than silicon to prevent leakages. We believe Elast-Eon would be a very safe material to use in breast implants”.
