FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE

MDR report key: 7608025 · Received June 15, 2018

Report

Report Number
1645337-2018-03712
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 15, 2018
Date of Event
May 25, 2018
Report Date
May 29, 2018
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FWM
PMA / PMN Number
P990075
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON 7/5/2018, MENTOR RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT IDENTIFIED THE INITIALLY REPORTED UNKNOWN DEVICE: BRAND NAME: MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE, PROCODE: FWM, COMMON DEVICE NAME: PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE, CATALOG: 3501650, LOT: 5677551, SERIAL: (B)(4), UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UDI): (B)(4), EXPLANTATION DATE: (B)(6) 2018, PMA/ 510(K): P990075. A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW IS IN PROGRESS. ONCE COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED ON 7/31/2018, AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND RELATED TO THIS COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THE DHR REVIEW VERIFIES THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTED SPECIFICATION AND PROCEDURES. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE MENTOR FAILURE ANALYSIS LAB RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION ON (B)(6) 2018. ALSO ON (B)(6) 2018, MENTOR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: EXPLANTATION DATE: (B)(6) 2018. DEVICE EVALUATION SUMMARY: THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED AT MENTOR WITHOUT FLUID. WHITE MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED WITHIN THE DEVICE. NO FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED ON THE SHELL SURFACE. DURING VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE DEVICE, THE PRODUCT EVALUATION TEAM OBSERVED A CREASE ON THE ANTERIOR VIEW EXTENDING TO THE POSTERIOR. A RENT WAS DISCOVERED WITHIN THE CREASE ON THE ANTERIOR VIEW MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.2 CM. NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. MENTOR PRODUCTS ARE 100% VISUALLY INSPECTED PRIOR TO RELEASE IN ADDITION TO THOROUGH IN-PROCESS TESTING DURING SEVERAL STAGES OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE PRODUCT EVALUATION TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THE RENT AND CREASE OCCURRED SOMETIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE REMOVAL OF THE DEVICE FROM ITS PROTECTIVE PACKAGING. THE COMPLAINT OF DEFLATION WAS CONFIRMED SINCE A RENT WAS FOUND ON THE DEVICE. HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SUCH DAMAGE OR THE ORIGIN OF THE WHITE MATERIAL OBSERVED. ALL THE IMPLANTS ARE 100% VISUALLY INSPECTED PRIOR TO RELEASE IN ADDITION TO THOROUGH IN-PROCESS TESTING DURING SEVERAL STAGES OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED WITH MANUFACTURING. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) OF LOT NUMBER 5677551 WAS REVIEWED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND RELATED TO THIS COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THE DHR REVIEW VERIFIES THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTED SPECIFICATION AND PROCEDURES. THESE FINDINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH A CREASE/FOLD FAILURE WHICH IS A KNOWN INHERENT RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF SALINE-FILLED MAMMARY PROSTHESES AND MAY BE THE RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: UNDERINFLATION OR OVERINFLATION OF THE DEVICE, CONTINUOUS AND SUSTAINED STRESSES TO THE DEVICE - SUCH AS CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE OR TOO SMALL A BREAST POCKET, AND FOLDING OR WRINKLING OF THE SHELL IN THE BREAST POCKET. BREAST IMPLANTS ARE NOT CONSIDERED LIFETIME DEVICES AND DEFLATION IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEVICES. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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. SINCE NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED, NO DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW COULD BE PERFORMED. (B)(4)

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A (B)(6) YEAR-OLD CAUCASIAN FEMALE PATIENT UNDERWENT PRIMARY BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH AN UNKNOWN MENTOR SALINE PROSTHESIS. DEFLATION ON THE RIGHT BREAST PROSTHESIS WAS DIAGNOSED POST PROCEDURE THROUGH A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, MENTOR HAS RECEIVED NO INFORMATION REGARDING EXPLANT DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
449369 MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM MENTOR TEXAS 5677551

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Required Intervention