Q Inside® Safety Technology is the world’s first micro transponder for clinical use in a breast implant. It is the only transponder with CE mark (which indicates compliance with the health, safety, and environmental protection standards for products sold in the European Economic Area), and the United States Food & Drug Administration (F.D.A.) cleared it for use in 2004. Q Inside® is placed in the gel filling inside Motiva Implants®.
A handheld reader is used to externally scan the transponder, providing an electronic serial number (ESN) that can be used to retrieve important implant information such as manufacturing date, implant type, volume, and more.
Q Inside® is an optional feature in Motiva Implants® that is particularly useful to patients and surgeons to identify the implant type after the surgery, and to verify implant details during the event of a product recall.
Product information or warranty cards can be lost or misplaced. With its unique ESN permanently located within the breast implant, Q Inside® provides the confidence of instant implant traceability and verification.
Qid® does not pose any safety concerns for patients. It has been proven to be both safe and effective. Activated externally by the reader, it doesn’t require a battery and has an indefinite life expectancy. Qid® is magnetic resonance (MR) conditional, meaning that it is a device that is shown not to pose any hazards under specific magnetic resonance conditions.
Please see the attached documents for more information:
- Qid facts for the surgeon
- Qid facts for radiologists