Petite Stepped MPJ VLC Gridlock Plate Left 300-52-005Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00812926025360), received between Apr 28, 2017 and May 23, 2022 — classified as 4 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (3 reports).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K130964); they may or may not involve this specific model.

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMay 23, 2022Fracture; Fracture

  ON 04/25/2022, DJO F&A SR. REGIONAL ACCOUNT COORDINATOR RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM DJO F&A INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF A REMOVAL CASE INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PARTS: 300-52-005 (PETITE MPJ VLC GRIDLOCK PLATE, LEFT), 301-30-014 (3.0MM X 14MM GL SCREW), 302-30-010 (3.0MM X 10MM GL LOCKING SCREW), 302-30-012 (3.0MM X 12MM GL LOCKING SCREW), (2) 302-30-014 (3.0MM X 14MM GL LOCKING SCREW), 302-30-016 (3.0MM X 16MM GL LOCKING SCREW), AT FACILITY 1 BY DOCTOR 1 ON A 67 YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT. DJO F&A INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL IMPLANT TOOK PLACE AT FACILITY 2 ON (B)(6) 2016 WITH DOCTOR 2. THE REMOVAL CASE WAS COMPLETED DUE TO "NON-UNION AND SCREWS AND PLATES STICKING THROUGH THE SKIN".

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 14472867 ↗
• InjuryFeb 26, 2021Fracture; Fracture

  ON 01/29/2021, A TRILLIANT SURGICAL INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE EMAILED A TRILLIANT SURGICAL SALES SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO REPORT OF A PLATE REMOVAL THAT OCCURRED ON (B)(4) 2021 WITH DOCTOR 1 AT FACILITY 1. PREVIOUSLY, DOCTOR 1 HAD IMPLANTED THE 300-52-005 (PETITE MPJ PLATE, LEFT) PLATE CONSTRUCT ROUGHLY 3 YEARS AGO (EXACT DATE REMAINS UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT IN THE INVESTIGATION) ON A (B)(6) YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT AT FACILITY 1. THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE PATIENT CAME IN REPORTING PAIN AT THE SURGICAL SITE ON 2021. (B)(6) UPON REVIEW, IT WAS SEEN THAT THE PLATE HAD BROKEN IN HALF WHICH WAS CAUSING THE LOCAL IRRITATION AT THE SURGICAL SITE. DOCTOR 1 REMOVED THE PLATE, ASSOCIATED SCREWS (SIZES TO BE DETERMINED UPON RECEIPT OF PARTS), AND ANY ADDITIONAL DEBRIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BREAK FROM THE SITE AND STATED THAT "PSEUDO-FUSION" HAD OCCURRED. DOCTOR 1 WAS SATISFIED WITH THE FUSION RESULT AND LEFT THE SITE AS-IS AFTER THE REMOVAL. THE BROKEN 300-52-005 AND ASSOCIATED GRIDLOCK SCREWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED TO CORPORATE FOR FURTHER REVIEW.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 11388726 ↗
• InjuryJan 8, 2018Break

  ONE OF TRILLIANT'S SENIOR R AND D ENGINEERS WENT TO OBSERVE A 300-52-002 BROKEN PLATE REMOVAL WITH OUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE. THE SURGEON SUSPECTED NON-COMPLIANCE AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PATIENT WAS NOT USING THEIR ORTHOPEDIC BOOT AT APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS POST-OP. ALTHOUGH A "HARD" UNION HAD NOT OCCURRED, A "SOFT" UNION OCCURRED. IT IS VISIBLE ON THE X-RAY THAT THE MOST LATERAL PLATE HOLE WAS NOT FILED IN WITH A GRIDLOCK SCREW. THE JOINT WAS RE-PREPPED AND RE-PLATED WITH ANOTHER 300-52-002 PLATE. ALL THE PLATING HOLES WERE FILLED IN, ALTHOUGH A LAG SCREW WAS NOT UTILIZED IN THE RE-PLATING CASE. THE MEDIUM TALAR DOME GRAFT WAS ALSO UTILIZED UNDER THE NEW PLATE TO PROMOTE HEALING.

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 7172763 ↗
• InjuryDec 15, 2017Break

  TRILLIANT SALES REPRESENTATIVES WAS INFORMED BY THE SURGERY CENTER AT (B)(6) THAT A 300-52-005 PLATE WAS BROKEN IN A PATIENT THAT HAD UNDERGONE SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2017. A FUSION DID NOT OCCUR AND THE PLATE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT ON (B)(6) 2017. FOLLOW UP WITH THE SURGEON BY THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE, THE SURGEON SUSPECTS THE PLATE BREAKAGE WAS DUE TO PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE AND/OR TRAUMA. THE PATIENT CAME INTO THE SURGEON'S OFFICE EXPERIENCING PAIN. THE PATIENT HAS A RATHER LARGE DOG AND THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THE DOG HAD POUNCED OR SAT ON THE PATIENT'S FOOT AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT SHE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 7123137 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 28, 2017Break

  THE PATIENT REPORTED PAIN IN HER FOOT AND UPON X-RAYING THE SURGICAL SITE, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE 300-52-005 PETITE PLATE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PLACED IN THE PATIENT WAS BROKEN. UPON FURTHER REVIEW THE DOCTOR NOTICED THE OSTEOTOMY SITE HAD CALCIFIED OVER BUT A FUSION DID NOT OCCUR. HE PREPARED THE JOINT AND RE-PLATED USING A 300-52-002 MPJ PLATE. THE DOCTOR USED A 4.0 SOLID CORE GRIDLOCK PLATING SYSTEM SCREW AS A LAG SCREW. THE DOCTOR MENTIONED THAT BONE PURCHASE WAS ACHIEVED AND ALL HOLES OF THE PLATE WERE FILLED WITH GRIDLOCK PLATING SCREWS.

  Patient problems: Calcium Deposits/Calcification; Pain

  MAUDE report 6529923 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K130964. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1609-2020 · Jul 19, 2018 · Terminated
  Instructions for Use and Surgical Cleaning and Sterilization Protocol for Trilliant Surgical Ltd Gridlock Plating System, Model 310-01-100. The firm name on the label is Trilliant