BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT

    MDR report key: 18987501 · Received March 27, 2024

    Report

    Report Number
    1645337-2024-03720
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    March 27, 2024
    Date of Event
    February 6, 2024
    Manufacturer
    MENTOR TEXAS
    Product Code
    FTR
    UDI-DI
    00081317000570
    PMA / PMN Number
    P030053
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER
    Health Professional
    N

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    DEVICE EVALUATION SUMMARY: THE PRODUCT WAS RETURNED TO MENTOR FOR EVALUATION. MENTOR CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION, MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, AND THICKNESS MEASUREMENT OF THE RETURNED DEVICE. VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNED SAMPLE REVEALED THAT THE SMOOTH HPG, 700CC BREAST IMPLANT WAS FOUND TO BE RUPTURED AND RECEIVED IN TWO PARTS. A MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED, AND THE CAUSE OF THE TEAR COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. THEREFORE A THICKNESS MEASUREMENT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE SHELL AT THE TEAR, AND THE THICKNESS WAS WITHIN MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS. A MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED FOR THE FINISHED DEVICE LOT NUMBER, AND NO NON-CONFORMANCES WERE IDENTIFIED. ALTHOUGH NO CONCLUSION COULD BE REACH ON THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT, THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING CAUTION: RUPTURE CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME AFTER IMPLANTATION, BUT IT IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR THE LONGER THE IMPLANT IS IMPLANTED. THE FOLLOWING THINGS MAY CAUSE IMPLANT TO RUPTURE: DAMAGE BY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; STRESSING THE IMPLANT DURING IMPLANTATION AND WEAKENING IT; FOLDING OR WRINKLING OF THE IMPLANT SHELL; EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE CHEST (E.G. DURING CLOSED CAPSULOTOMY); TRAUMA; COMPRESSION DURING MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; AND SEVERE CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE. BREAST IMPLANTS MAY ALSO SIMPLY WEAR OUT OVER TIME. MOST WOMEN UNDERGOING AUGMENTATION OR RECONSTRUCTION WITH A MAMMARY PROSTHESIS WILL EXPERIENCE SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY. WHILE PAIN NORMALLY SUBSIDES IN MOST WOMEN AS THEY HEAL FROM SURGERY, IT CAN BECOME A CHRONIC PROBLEM IN OTHER WOMEN. CHRONIC PAIN CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH A VARIETY OF FACTORS. SURGEONS SHOULD INSTRUCT THEIR PATIENTS TO INFORM THEM IF THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PAIN OR IF PAIN PERSISTS. PAIN IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEVICES AND IS REFERENCED IN OUR CURRENT PRODUCT INSERT DATA SHEET. A SECOND PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED (LOT 6982517). NO ADVERSE EVENTS WERE REPORTED FOR THIS CONCOMITANT (CONTRALATERAL) DEVICE, THEREFORE NO FURTHER ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED. AS PART OF MENTOR¿S QUALITY PROCESS, ALL DEVICES ARE MANUFACTURED, INSPECTED, AND RELEASED TO APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS. NO CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE ACTION (CAPA) IS REQUIRED NOW. ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT INFORMATION MONITORING FOR POTENTIAL SAFETY SIGNALS IS CONDUCTED THROUGH COMPLAINT TRENDING AS PART OF POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    SINCE THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, NO PRODUCT FAILURE ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED, AND NO DETERMINATION OF POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS CAN BE MADE. AS SUCH, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CLOSED. IF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE IS RECEIVED IN THE FUTURE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED AND CONDUCTED AS APPROPRIATE. A MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION (MRE) WAS PERFORMED, AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND RELATED TO THIS COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THE MRE VERIFIES THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTED SPECIFICATION AND PROCEDURES. REASON FOR DEVICE EXPLANT AND/OR REOPERATION: RUPTURE. MENTOR IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH MENTOR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MENTOR, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, MENTOR, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF CERTAIN INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN, NOT AVAILABLE OR DOES NOT APPLY, THE SECTION/FIELD OF THE FORM IS LEFT BLANK. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT IMPLANTED WITH A 700CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT EXPERIENCED A RUPTURE ON THE LEFT SIDE POST-OPERATIVELY. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXPLANTATION ON (B)(6) 2024.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    2047853 MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED FTR MENTOR TEXAS 6978804 00081317000570

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 34 YR Female Required Intervention