RoboCock69 wrote:
The Coloplast Titan (and maybe the AMS devices, too, I'm not sure) is guaranteed for life. In other words, if it malfunctions down the road, whether it's in five years or 50 years, the manufacturer will foot the bill for a replacement. But that's not the same thing as being expected to last for life, particularly in younger implantees. These companies are able to offer lifetime guarantees without going broke in large part because such a significant percentage of their patients are older and, based on actuarial tables, likely to expire before their implants do. So they eat the cost of revisions (sometimes multiple revisions) in younger patients so they can gain a competitive edge with their "guaranteed for life" claim.
I do agree, one thing is that manufactures would replace it for free, excluding surgeon and hospital costs, and another thing is that they would state that the implant is lasting for life. They do know that they may end up offering the implant for free for the next revision, however they play with statistics and the fact that when you read the small print you realize they would only replace it with the same exact model provided that it is still manufactured, which in the meantime would likely not be available anymore so the patient or the insurance will have to pay for the upgrade to the next model. Given their markup they end up making a profit no matter what, that's not that the implant itself that is built with diamonds, platinum, titanium, gold and silver but rather the cost of research and development plus the marketing fees that you are paying when you get the physical implant.
49yo - ED since I was 35 -Oral therapy stopped working- Trimix/Bimix too strong even at the lowest dosage. Now Bionic thanks to Dr. Clavell since March 9 2022. Titan XL 24 cm, no rear tips, trimmed down to 23.5 cm. Reservoir 110ml.