New Option Available to Breast Cancer Survivors
Magnetic technology provides security to patients with active lifestyles

LITTLE ROCK -- Breast cancer survivors face countless challenges through the course of treatment for their disease. One of those, which has consequences that are more emotional than physical, is the selection of a breast prosthesis following a mastectomy. Post-mastectomy patients want a breast form with the look, fit and comfort of a natural breast.

Following a decade of research and testing, ContourMed®, a medical technology company, began in July 2001 making a revolutionary custom-made prosthesis that is more lifelike and lighter weight than any other breast form available. This prosthesis was developed with extensive input from breast cancer survivors, who continue to recommend enhancements to the product. The latest enhancement to this revolutionary product, the ContourMed Advantage™, features magnetic disk technology to attach the breast form to the patient’s chest wall.

L. Daniel Eaton, a board certified ocularist with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, specializes in creating lifelike prostheses for individuals who cannot benefit from reconstructive facial surgery. He also invented the technology for ContourMed’s custom-fitted, lightweight breast prosthetics after working with a facial restoration patient who also was a breast cancer survivor. Eaton’s patient asked why the technology used for facial prosthetics couldn’t also be used to make more lifelike breast prosthetics. She explained that the breast forms available at the time were heavy, hot and uncomfortable.

"Our initial research started with survivors and is really what makes ContourMed unique. The company continues to listen to these women for further product developments," Eaton said. “Now our survivors have told us they want extra security and more confidence when it comes to their prosthesis.”

That survivor input led to development of the ContourMed Advantage technology, which uses a combination of magnets and adhesive to give survivors a natural and secure breast form that attaches directly to the chest wall. ContourMed Advantage magnets are nickel-plated for safe, direct skin contact, and the adhesive discs use 3M™ hypoallergenic adhesive tape.

For more information contact:
Anita Smith, APR
501.329.3374
anitacsmith@conwaycorp.net

Mimi San Pedro
1.888.301.0520
msanpedro@contourmed.com