FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT

MDR report key: 21603097 · Received March 14, 2025

Report

Report Number
1645337-2025-02731
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 14, 2025
Date of Event
January 26, 2025
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FTR
UDI-DI
00081317000266
PMA / PMN Number
P030053
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON APRIL 4, 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

AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE¿S PHOTO WAS COMPLETED. INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: UPON VISUAL EVALUATION OF THE IMAGE PROVIDED IN THE COMPLAINT NO APPARENT DAMAGE OR VISUAL ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED. AS THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT RECEIVED, THE DEVICE COULD NOT BE ANALYZED ACCORDING TO OUR PROCEDURES. 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. D4: UDI: AS THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT WAS NOT PROVIDED, THE FULL UDI IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. 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: MATERIAL 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. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON MAY 13, 2025, THE PRODUCT INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED. DEVICE INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: THE PRODUCT WAS RETURNED TO MENTOR FOR EVALUATION. MENTOR CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION AND LEAK TESTING OF THE RETURNED DEVICE. VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNED DEVICE REVEALED THAT NO DAMAGE OR ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED ON THE SM MPP GEL 250CC BREAST IMPLANT. LEAK TESTING WAS PERFORMED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH MENTOR PROCEDURES, AND NO AREAS OF GEL EXPOSURE WERE DETECTED DURING THE ANALYSIS. ALTHOUGH NO CONCLUSION COULD BE REACH ON THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT, THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING CAUTION: RUPTURE STATUS IDENTIFIED BY MRI EVALUATION INCLUDES BOTH SUSPECTED RUPTURES, WHICH ARE THOSE RUPTURES IDENTIFIED BY MRI BUT NOT CONFIRMED BY EXPLANTATION AND EXAMINATION OF THE DEVICE, AND CONFIRMED RUPTURES, WHICH ARE THOSE RUPTURES THAT ARE CONFIRMED BY EVALUATION OF THE EXPLANTED DEVICES. THE EVENT DESCRIBED COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED AS THE BREAST IMPLANT WAS RETURNED WITHOUT DETECTABLE GEL EXPOSURE. ALTHOUGH NO PRODUCT DEFECT WAS IDENTIFIED, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES OR ISSUES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE USE OF THE DEVICE THAT COULD NOT BE REPLICATED DURING THE LABORATORY ANALYSIS. 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: NO CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE ACTION (CAPA) IS REQUIRED NOW.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT BREAST AUGMENTATION REVISION WITH TWO 250CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANTS. POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED, VIA ULTRASOUND, WITH BILATERAL BREAST IMPLANT RUPTURES. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT BILATERAL BREAST IMPLANT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2025. THE REPLACEMENT DEVICES WERE: (LEFT) 300CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT CATALOG: 3503001BC LOT: 2000704 SN: (B)(6) AND (RIGHT) 300CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT CATALOG: 3503001BC LOT: 9991952 SN: (B)(6). THIS MEDWATCH FORM IS FOR THE RIGHT BREAST PROSTHESIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2091083 MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED FTR MENTOR TEXAS 5862086 00081317000266

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Female Required Intervention