VLP MINI-MOD 74412419Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00885556348796), received between Mar 13, 2024 and Mar 13, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.

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

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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

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

• InjuryMar 13, 2024Positioning Problem; Positioning Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN EVOS WRIST PROCEDURE, WHEN INSERTING THE VLP TI 2.4MM X 19MM LCK SCR T7 S-T INTO THE SCREW HOLE (THE SECOND HOLE FROM THE MOST DISTAL ULNAR SIDE) OF ONE (1) EVOS VOLAR PLATE 4H LEFT STD STD TI 56MM, THE SCREW AND PLATE DID NOT LOCK, THE SCREW CONTINUED TO ROTATE. THE HEAD OF THE SCREW APPEARED TO BE BURIED MORE THAN OTHER SCREWS. THE SURGEON TRIED TO REMOVE THE SCREW, BUT IT JUST ROTATED AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED. THIS LEFT THE PLATE AND SCREW IN THE PATIENT'S BODY. THE PROCEDURE WAS RESUMED, AFTER A NON-SIGNIFICANT DELAY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT.

  Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque; Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 18897547 ↗

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-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,
• 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: (