FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PLUS PROFILE

MDR report key: 22833155 · Received August 18, 2025

Report

Report Number
1645337-2025-09133
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 18, 2025
Date of Event
June 12, 2025
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FWM
UDI-DI
00081317001485
PMA / PMN Number
P990075
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON AUGUST 18, 2025, THE MENTOR FAILURE ANALYSIS LAB RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION. ON AUGUST 26, 2025, THE PRODUCT INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED. DEVICE INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: THE PRODUCT WAS RETURNED TO MENTOR FOR EVALUATION. MENTOR THEN CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION, LEAK TESTING, AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE. DURING THE VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNED DEVICE NO APPARENT DAMAGE OR VISUAL ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED. LEAK TESTING WAS PERFORMED, ACCORDING TO THE MENTOR PROCEDURE, AND IT REVEALED A PUNCTURE ON THE ANTERIOR VIEW, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.1 CM. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED ON THE EDGES OF THE RUPTURE, AND PARALLEL STRIATIONS WERE FOUND IN THE WHOLE AREA OF THE PUNCTURE. PARALLEL STRIATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH MARKINGS MADE BY A SHARP OBJECT PERFORATING THE IMPLANT SHELL. BASED ON THE INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT INDICATES THAT THE IMPLANT COULD HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING OR SUBSEQUENT TO IMPLANTATION. THE PRODUCT INSERT DATA SHEET CAUTIONS TO NOT ALLOW CAUTERY DEVICES OR SHARP INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS SCALPELS, SUTURE NEEDLES, HYPODERMIC NEEDLES, HEMOSTATS, ADSON FORCEPS OR SCISSORS TO CONTACT THE DEVICE DURING THE IMPLANTATION OR OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURES. THE CONTRALATERAL DEVICE WAS ALSO RECEIVED (LOT NUMBER 6913912). THE PATIENT DID NOT REPORT ANY ISSUE WITH THIS DEVICE. THEREFORE, NO FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRALATERAL DEVICE IS REQUIRED. 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.

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: 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 JANUARY 5, 2026, MENTOR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT'S IMPLANTS WERE REPLACED BILATERALLY WITH TWO MENTOR GEL IMPLANTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT BREAST AUGMENTATION REVISION WITH TWO 550CC MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PLUS PROFILE SALINE BREAST PROSTHESES. POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT SUFFERED RIGHT BREAST IMPLANT DEFLATION. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT BREAST IMPLANT REMOVAL SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2025.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2194867 MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PLUS PROFILE PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM MENTOR TEXAS 7609584 00081317001485

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Female Required Intervention