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MalfunctionFAF

TOROSA SALINE-FILLED TESTICULAR PROSTHESIS

Received Feb 15, 2024 · Event occurred Jan 19, 2024

Report 2125050-2024-00246 · MDR key 18711701

Device

Generic name

Prosthesis, Testicular

Manufacturer

Coloplast A/s

Catalog number

450-1329

Lot number

8748825_5206502400

Product problems

  • Fluid/Blood Leak
  • Fluid/Blood Leak

Patient

NA · Unknown

  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

TESTICULAR IMPLANT WAS RECEIVED FOR EVALUATION. A SEPARATION WAS NOTED IN THE SHELL OF THE TESTICULAR. THIS WAS A SITE OF LEAKAGE. THE SEPARATION APPEARED TO HAVE A CENTRAL GROOVE, INDICATING CONTACT WITH SHARP INSTRUMENTATION SUCH AS A NEEDLE. BECAUSE THIS COMPONENT WAS RELEASED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE OBSERVED INSTRUMENT SEPARATION IN THE TESTICULAR SHELL OCCURRED SUBSEQUENT TO THE DEVICE PACKAGING BEING OPENED. THE TESTICULAR DEVICE WAS RETURNED WITH SALINE INSIDE. BASED ON THE EVALUATION AND INFORMATION RECEIVED, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE SEPARATION MOST LIKELY OCCURRED INADVERTENTLY DURING THE FILLING OF THE DEVICE PRIOR TO IMPLANT. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD CONFIRMED THE DEVICES FROM THIS LOT MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS PRIOR TO RELEASE. A REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT HISTORY DATABASE, NONCONFORMANCES AND CAPAS REVEALED NO TRENDS FOR THIS LOT.

Description of Event or Problem

ACCORDING TO THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION DURING PREP, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE DEVICE LEAKED. NO PATIENT INVOLVED.

Description of Event or Problem

ACCORDING TO THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION DURING PREP, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE DEVICE LEAKED. NO PATIENT INVOLVED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE LOT NUMBER WAS REVIEWED FOR COMPLAINT TREND, NONCONFORMING REPORT AND CAPA. DEVICES MET SPECIFICATION PRIOR TO RELEASE. NO TRENDS WERE NOTED FOR COMPLAINTS AND THERE WERE NO NONCONFORMING REPORTS OR CAPAS THAT WERE CONFIRMED IN VEEVA TO BE ASSOCIATED.