FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT

MDR report key: 9577233 · Received January 10, 2020

Report

Report Number
1645337-2020-00628
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 10, 2020
Date of Event
December 13, 2019
Report Date
December 16, 2019
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FTR
UDI-DI
00081317000709
PMA / PMN Number
P030053
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON 01/22/2020, THE INVESTIGATION ON THE SUSPECTED MEDICAL DEVICE WAS COMPLETED. AFTER A MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED, IT WAS FOUND THAT DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS REPORTED ON THE INITIAL REPORT. THE RELEVANT FIELDS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. INVESTIGATION SUMMARY : DURING VISUAL EVALUATION OF THE SAMPLE, A LEAKAGE WAS NOTICED AT THE UNION BETWEEN THE SHELL AND THE PATCH. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED, AND NO EVIDENCE OF INSTRUMENT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED. 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. CAUSES OF RUPTURE OF GEL-FILLED IMPLANTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: DAMAGE FROM SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE TRAUMA,EXCESSIVE STRESSES OR MANIPULATIONS AS MAY OCCUR DURING NORMAL, DAILY ROUTINES INCLUDING CUSTOMARY AND PURPOSEFUL TRAUMA TO THE BREAST. 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: UNKNOWN. CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: 375CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT (CATALOG #: 3543757, LOT #: 230881) (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A (B)(6)-YEAR-OLD CAUCASIAN FEMALE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PRIMARY BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH A 375CC MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT AND EXPERIENCED POSTOPERATIVE RIGHT-SIDED RUPTURE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2019 AND THE RUPTURE WAS CONFIRMED UPON EXPLANTATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
41470 MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED FTR MENTOR TEXAS 3543757 230881 00081317000709

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Required Intervention