VLP MINI-MOD 74412418Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00885556348741), received between Nov 29, 2023 and Jan 22, 2024 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Positioning Failure” (2 reports).

2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K132886, K210837, K213126); 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

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionJan 22, 2024Positioning Failure; Positioning Failure

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING DISTAL RADIUS FIXATION, A VLP TI 2.4MM X 18MM LCK SCR T7 S-T WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH SCREW HOLE ON THE PLATE, IT WOULDN¿T ENGAGE IN PLATE AND WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH TO BONE. SURGERY WAS RESUMED WITHOUT ANY DELAY WITH A S+N BACK-UP DEVICE. CURRENT HEALTH STATUS OF THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18552404 ↗
• InjuryNov 29, 2023Positioning Failure; Positioning Failure

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN INTERNAL FIXATION SURGERY, WHEN A VLP TI 2.4MM X 18MM LCK SCR T7 S-T WAS INSERTED INTO THE DISTAL, SECOND LINE, ULNAR SIDE HOLE OF AN EVOS VOLAR PLATE 4H LEFT STD STD TI 56MM, THE SCREW AND THE PLATE DID NOT LOCK, SINCE THE SCREW KEPT ROTATING. A BACK-UP, SAME SIZE SCREW WAS TRIED, HOWEVER THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED, WITHOUT INSERTING A SCREW IN THE SCREW HOLE, AND LEAVING THE PLATE INSIDE THE PATIENT. THIS DECISION WAS MADE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SAME SIZE PLATE AVAILABLE, THE ISSUE OCCURRED WITH ONLY ONE SCREW HOLE, AND THE OTHERS HAD NO PROBLEM, AND THE SURGEON THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OF HIGHER RISK TO REMOVE AND CHANGE ALL THE INSERTED SCREWS. NO OTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18226690 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K132886, K210837, K213126. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-0396-2018 · Dec 11, 2017 · Terminated
  smith&nephew Mini-Fragment Plating System, VLP(R) Mini-Mod Small Bone Plating System, EVOS(R) Mini Plating system, 2.0MM STRAIGHT PLATE, 8 HOLE VLP(R) MIN-MOD, REF 74442024, QTY: (
• Z-0397-2018 · Dec 11, 2017 · Terminated
  smith&nephew Mini-Fragment Plating System, VLP(R) Mini-Mod Small Bone Plating System, EVOS(R) Mini Plating system, 2.0MM STOUT STRAIGHT PLATE, 8 HOLE VLP(R) MIN-MOD, REF 74442030,