FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COLOPLAST TITAN PENILE PROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 22069283 · Received May 22, 2025

Report

Report Number
MW5170695
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 22, 2025
Date of Event
December 1, 2013
Report Date
July 30, 2024
Manufacturer
COLOPLAST MANUFACTURING US, LLC.
Product Code
FHW
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT
Health Professional
*

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

I REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION INTO COLOPLAST WHICH MAKES MEDICAL DEVICES. IN (B)(6) 2013, UROLOGIST (B)(6) MD IMPLANTED A COLOPLAST TITAN PENILE PROSTHESIS. IT IS FAILED IN (B)(6) 2019. IT WAS REPLACED IN (B)(6) 2019 BY UROLOGIST (B)(6), MD. THE SECOND DEVICE FAILED IN OC(B)(6) 2023. SHE PLACED THE THIRD TITAN PROSTHESIS IN (B)(6) 2024. AFTER THE FIRST DEVICE BROKE, COLOPLAST UPON EVALUATION ADMITTED IT WAS DEFECTIVE, AND REIMBURSED THE COST OF THE DEVICE (BUT NOT THE SURGICAL EXPENSE). HOWEVER, AFTER THE SECOND DEVICE BROKE, DR. (B)(6) INFORMED ME COLOPLAST AGAIN FOUND THIS DEFECTIVE BUT WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THE COST OF THE DEFECTIVE PROSTHESIS. YET THEIR PAMPHLET "STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION" STATES "COLOPLAST WILL REPLACE THE INFLATABLE IMPLANT OR ANY COMPONENT, FOR ANY REASON DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE PATIENT". I HAVE LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INCOME FROM CLOSING MY MEDICAL PRACTICE DURING RECOVERY, AND CASH OUTLAY FOR SURGICAL COSTS. I EXPERIENCED EXCRUCIATING POSTOP PENILE AND SCROTAL PAIN AS WELL AS GREAT MENTAL DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF THESE PRODUCT FAILURES. I THEREFORE REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION OF COLOPLAST FOR FRAUD FOR NOT HONORING THEIR GUARANTEE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR FAILED DEVICES. I FURTHER REQUEST THE FACILITY WHICH FABRICATED THESE DEFECTIVE DEVICES CEASE PRODUCTION UNTIL THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT IS IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED. REF REPORT: MW5170696.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2367736 COLOPLAST TITAN PENILE PROSTHESIS DEVICE, IMPOTENCE, MECHANICAL/HYDRAULIC FHW COLOPLAST MANUFACTURING US, LLC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Male Hospitalization| O CALCIUM.| MAGNESIUM.| THYROID REPLACEMENT.| TITAN PENILE PROSTHESIS.| TOPICAL TESTOSTERONE.| VITAMIN D.