FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE 300CC

MDR report key: 8649452 · Received May 29, 2019

Report

Report Number
1645337-2019-12759
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 29, 2019
Date of Event
April 9, 2019
Report Date
April 30, 2019
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FWM
UDI-DI
00081317001249
PMA / PMN Number
P990075
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

DEVICE EVALUATION COMPLETED ON 6/24/2019: DURING EVALUATION OF THE SAMPLE A CREASE WAS OBSERVED IN THE POSTERIOR VIEW. LEAK TESTING WAS PERFORMED AND IT REVEALED A TEAR WITHIN CREASE, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY LESS THAN 0.1 CM . NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED. THESE KIND OF 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 SMALL A BREAST POCKET AND FOLDING OR WRINKLING OF THE SHELL IN THE BREAST POCKET. THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND THE MANUFACTURING CRITERIA WERE MET PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THIS LOT. BREAST IMPLANTS ARE NOT CONSIDERED LIFETIME DEVICES AND DEFLATION IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEVICES AND IS REFERENCED IN OUR PRODUCT INSERT DATA SHEET. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AS PART OF OUR QUALITY PROCESS, EACH DEVICE IS VISUALLY INSPECTED DURING MANUFACTURING TO ENSURE THE DEVICE MEETS THE REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. BASED ON THE INFORMATION REPORTED AND/OR THE PRODUCT INVESTIGATION, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED WITH THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE MENTOR FAILURE ANALYSIS LAB HAS 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. A MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION IS IN PROGRESS. ONCE COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. REASON FOR DEVICE EXPLANT AND/OR REOPERATION: DEFLATION. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: RIGHT-MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE, CATALOG NUMBER 3501645 LOT NUMBER 233713. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A (B)(6) AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PRIMARY BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE, 300CC, WHICH THE LEFT SIDE DEFLATED AFTER IMPLANTATION. THE ISSUE WAS NOTICED BY THE PATIENT. AS A RESULT PATIENT HAD THE DEVICE REMOVED ON (B)(6) 2019.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
442200 MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE 300CC PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM MENTOR TEXAS 233713 00081317001249

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 61 YR Required Intervention