VLP MINI-MOD 74412424Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00885556349045), received between Jul 8, 2025 and Jul 8, 2025 — classified as 1 malfunction.

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 16, 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.

• MalfunctionJul 8, 2025Positioning Problem; Positioning Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING INTERNAL FIXATION SURGERY OF RADIUS FRACTURE, THE PROXIMAL RADIAL VLP TI 2.4MM X 24MM LCK SCR T7 S-T PASSED THROUGH THE EVOS VOLAR PLATE 3H LEFT WDE TI 48MM AND DID NOT ENGAGE WITH IT. THE SCREW COULD NOT BE REMOVED, THEREFORE HAD TO BE LEFT IN SITU. NO PROCEDURE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL. IT HAD GOOD FIXATION; THE SURGEON WAS SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE SURGERY. IN ADDITION, NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO EITHER THE SCREW OR THE PLATE WAS OBSERVED. THE PROCEDURE WAS RESUMED, AFTER A NON-SIGNIFICANT DELAY, WITH THE SAME DEVICE. THE PATIENT HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS ISSUE.

  Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque

  MAUDE report 22439188 ↗

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,