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Volar Fixed Angle Plates VPPL-5-7Recalls & reported problems

Trimed, INC. · Volar Fixed Angle Plate, Lt, 5-Hole, 7-Peg · Class 2 · Implant

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00842188101755), received between Nov 16, 2021 and Nov 16, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K951302); 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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Break1

Patient problems

  • Fall1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryNov 16, 2021Break; Break

    A TRIMED SALES REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2021 THAT A BROKEN VPPL-5-7 WAS REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT HAD FALLEN AND BROKE THE PLATE. THE INITIAL IMPLANTATION OF THE VPPL-5-7 WAS ON (B)(6) 2021, THE FALL AND REMOVAL OCCURRED SOMETIME IN (B)(6). IT IS BELIEVED THAT PRIOR TO THE FALL, THE PATIENT WAS HEALING WELL FROM THE INITIAL SURGERY. THE PLATE AND SCREWS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH BONE GRAFT MATERIAL AS WELL AS PINS TO ACHIEVE FIXATION. IT IS CURRENTLY BELIEVED THAT THE PATIENT IS HEALING WELL. INSPECTION OF THE DEVICE FOUND THAT THE DEVICE LIKELY BROKE DUE TO THE IMPACT FROM THE FALL AND DEVICE DID NOT MALFUNCTION DUE TO MATERIAL INTEGRITY.

    Patient problems: Fall

    MAUDE report 12820458 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K951302. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0118-2020 · Aug 24, 2018 · Terminated
    TriMed Dorsal Wrist Hook Plate, Dorsal, 4-Hole, REF WHD-4, contained in a tray, insert, or poly package containing varying amounts, Nonsterile, Single Use Only, Rx. The firm name

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