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MENTOR TEXAS MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT; PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED
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| Catalog Number |
3544457MC |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Material Deformation (2976)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Insufficient Information (4580)
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| Date of Event |
11/07/2023
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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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.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: no information regarding explantation or an expected explantation date has been received.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.If certain information is unknown, not available or does not apply, the section/field of the form is left blank.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that a 45-year-old caucasian female patient underwent a primary breast augmentation with two 445cc mentor memorygel breast implants and mentioned having bilateral abnormalities on the ¿back of the implant¿ post-operatively, which was diagnosed with a physical exam.At the time of this report, mentor has received no information regarding explantation or an expected explantation date.This report is for the right side device.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On november 29, 2023, mentor received additional information regarding the event.It was reported that the date of event was november 07, 2023.It was also reported that the patient is to undergo device explantation on (b)(6) 2024.Section d6b.Explantation date: (b)(6) 2024.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.Reason for device explant and/or reoperation: device appears deformed.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On march 08, 2024, a photo evaluation for the device was completed.Photo evaluation summary: during visual evaluation of the image provided, some bubbles were observed in the gel.As the product involved in this complaint was not received, the device couldn´t be analyzed according to our procedures.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device batch number, and no non-conformances were identified.As part of mentor¿s quality process, all devices are manufactured, inspected, and released to approved specifications.No corrective and preventive action (capa) is required now.Additional complaint information monitoring for potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending as part of post market surveillance.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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