FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR MEMORYGEL XTRA BREAST IMPLANT

MDR report key: 21376928 · Received February 13, 2025

Report

Report Number
1645337-2025-01506
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 13, 2025
Date of Event
January 1, 2025
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FTR
UDI-DI
00081317025047
PMA / PMN Number
P030053
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON JUNE 15, 2025, THE PRODUCT INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED. DEVICE INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: THE PRODUCT WAS RETURNED TO MENTOR FOR EVALUATION. MENTOR CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE. DURING VISUAL EVALUATION, NO APPARENT DAMAGE OR VISUAL ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED ON THE SMOOTH MOD + PROF XTRA 350CC RETURNED DEVICE. REGARDING THE REPORTED CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE CONDITION, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH DETAILS TO DETERMINE THE FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS CONDITION. CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE IN THE PATIENT¿S BREAST MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF THE BODY¿S INDIVIDUAL PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO THE IMPLANTATION OF A FOREIGN OBJECT IN SOFT TISSUE. FURTHER, CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEVICES AND IS REFERENCED IN OUR CURRENT PRODUCT INSERT DATA SHEET. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS RECOMMENDS AND ENCOURAGES MEMBER SURGEONS TO ALWAYS SUBMIT BREAST IMPLANTS, CAPSULES, AND EFFUSIONS TO PATHOLOGY FOR EXAMINATION. AS PART OF MENTOR'S QUALITY PROCESS, ALL DEVICES ARE MANUFACTURED, INSPECTED, AND RELEASED ACCORDING TO APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRODUCT MET THE MANUFACTURING RELEASE CRITERIA: SINCE NO MALFUNCTION WAS OBSERVED DURING THE INVESTIGATION. NO CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE ACTION (CAPA) IS REQUIRED NOW.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON MAY 5, 2025, MENTOR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT ONLY UNDERWENT RIGHT BREAST IMPLANT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT. THERE WAS ONLY SURGICAL INTERVENTION, LATERAL AND INFERIOR CAPSULORRHAPHY, ON THE LEFT BREAST AND THE SAME IMPLANT REMAINED. THE RIGHT BREAST IMPLANT REPLACEMENT WAS A 350CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL XTRA BREAST IMPLANT (CATALOG: SMPX350 LOT: 9994115 SN: (B)(6)). ON MAY 23, 2025, THE MENTOR FAILURE ANALYSIS LAB RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION. THE ANALYSIS HAS BEGUN BUT IS NOT COMPLETE AT THIS TIME. WHEN THE INVESTIGATIONAL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, MENTOR HAS RECEIVED NO INFORMATION REGARDING EXPLANTATION OR AN EXPECTED EXPLANTATION DATE. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF THE DEVICE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. AS A RESULT, 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: N/A. 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. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON APRIL 8, 2025, MENTOR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR BREAST IMPLANT REMOVAL SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2025. IN ADDITION, THE PATIENT'S RIGHT BREAST CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE HAS PROGRESSED TO BAKER GRADE III. LASTLY, THE PATIENT ALSO REPORTED BEING ABLE TO "FEEL" THE LEFT BREAST IMPLANT. 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. REASON FOR DEVICE EXPLANT AND/OR REOPERATION: CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE. THIS MEDWATCH FORM IS FOR THE RIGHT BREAST PROSTHESIS. COMPLICATION ON THE LEFT BREAST/IMPLANT WILL BE REPORTED UNDER MRN: 1645337-2025-04690.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT PRIMARY BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH TWO 350CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL XTRA BREAST IMPLANTS. POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED, VIA PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, WITH RIGHT BREAST CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE (BAKER GRADE II). AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, MENTOR HAS RECEIVED NO INFORMATION REGARDING EXPLANTATION OR AN EXPECTED EXPLANTATION DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
126395 MENTOR MEMORYGEL XTRA BREAST IMPLANT PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED FTR MENTOR TEXAS 9951815 00081317025047

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 44 YR Female Other| R