V-Loc 180 VLOCL0426Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 107 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10884521131071), received between Nov 16, 2017 and Sep 4, 2026 — classified as 4 injuries, 103 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (80 reports).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K091087); 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 25 most recent of 107 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 4, 2026Break

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50604037 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 4, 2026Break

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50603951 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 27, 2026Break

  It was reported that during myomectomy, the suture broke after one stitch. To resolve the issue it was replaced. There was not patient injury reported.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50483803 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 7, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY, THE SUTURE BROKE. ANOTHER SUTURE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25115997 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 4, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA, AFTER TUMOR REMOVAL, THE SURGEON USED A BARBED SUTURE TO CLOSE THE INCISION. DURING THE PLACEMENT OF THE SECOND STITCH, THE SUTURE TAIL WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN, RESULTING IN A DELAY IN THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE SUTURE WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25070948 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 1, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING THE PROCEDURE, WHEN THE SUTURE WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY, PRIOR TO SUTURING, THE NEEDLE SEPARATED FROM THE SUTURE AND COULD NOT BE USED. THE SUTURE WAS REPLACED, AND SUTURING WAS COMPLETED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25059812 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 1, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PROCEDURE, WHILE SUTURING, THE SUTURE BROKE AFTER TWO STITCHES. THE SUTURE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN. ANOTHER NEW ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS THEN OPENED, AND SUTURING WAS COMPLETED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25054486 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 1, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PROCEDURE, WHILE SUTURING, THE SUTURE BROKE AFTER TWO STITCHES. THE SUTURE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN. ANOTHER NEW ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS THEN OPENED, AND SUTURING WAS COMPLETED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25054475 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 29, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY, AFTER STANDARD INSPECTION, WHEN CLOSING THE SURGICAL INCISION, THE SUTURE BROKE AT THE START OF SUTURING AND COULD NOT BE USED FURTHER. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, A NEW SUTURE WAS USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25035493 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 21, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A SINGLE-PORT LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY, THE SUTURE BROKE. A NEW SUTURE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24941514 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 20, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY, AFTER MYOMA ENUCLEATION, WHEN SUTURING THE UTERINE WALL DEFECT, THE SUTURE BROKE. THE SUTURE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT SUTURE BROKE AGAIN DURING SUTURING. THIS SITUATION PROLONGED THE PROCEDURE BUT NOT MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. A NEW ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS REPLACED AGAIN TO COMPLETE THE SUTURING. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24932096 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 20, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY, AFTER MYOMA ENUCLEATION, WHEN SUTURING THE UTERINE WALL DEFECT, THE SUTURE BROKE. THE SUTURE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT SUTURE BROKE AGAIN DURING SUTURING. THIS SITUATION PROLONGED THE PROCEDURE BUT NOT MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. A NEW ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS REPLACED AGAIN TO COMPLETE THE SUTURING. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24932077 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 2, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A SINGLE-PORT LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY FOR MULTIPLE UTERINE FIBROIDS, DURING CLOSURE, THE SUTURE BROKE MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SURGERY TIME WAS PROLONGED BY LESS THAN 30 MINUTES, AND IT INCREASED PATIENT BLOOD LOSS LESS THAN 500CC. THE SUTURE WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 24769956 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 19, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON USED THE SUTURE TO CLOSE THE PATIENT'S WOUND AND AFTER THE VERY FIRST STITCH, THE NEEDLE AND SUTURE SEPARATED, MAKING IT UNUSABLE. THE SUTURE WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24644512 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 19, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY PROCEDURE, AFTER REMOVING THE MYOMA, THE SUTURE BROKE WHILE CLOSING THE MYOMA BED. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, A NEW SUTURE WAS USED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SURGICAL TIME WAS EXTENDED BY LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24641243 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 5, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY, WHILE EMPLOYING A CONTINUOUS SUTURE TECHNIQUE IN INCISION CLOSURE, THE THREAD OF THE THREE DEVICES BROKE AFTER ONLY A FEW STITCHES. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, A NEW SUTURE PACK WAS USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24524961 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 3, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, IN A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY FOR MULTIPLE UTERINE FIBROIDS, AFTER THE REMOVAL OF THE FIBROIDS, ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS USED FOR CLOSURE, BUT THE ABSORBABLE SUTURE BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY SEVERAL TIMES. THE ISSUE PROLONGED THE OPERATION TIME FOR 10 MINUTES. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24494514 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 20, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, IN A UTERINE FIBROID SURGERY, AN ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS USED TO CLOSE THE UTERUS, AND SUTURE BREAKAGE OCCURRED DURING SUTURING. A NEW PACKAGE OF ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS USED TO CLOSE THE UTERUS. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24403666 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 18, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS, THE ABSORBABLE BARBED SUTURE BROKE WHILE SUTURING. THIS PROLONGED THE SURGERY BUT NOT MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. A NEW ABSORBABLE BARBED SUTURE WAS IMMEDIATELY USED TO CONTINUE THE SUTURING. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24384534 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 16, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC UTERINE FIBROID REMOVAL SURGERY, THE SUTURE WAS USED TO CLOSE THE UTERINE INCISION FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE FIBROID. HOWEVER, THE THREAD BROKE AFTER THREE STITCHES DURING CONTINUOUS SUTURING. ADDITIONALLY, THE NEEDLE AND THREAD BROKE ON THE FIRST STITCH AFTER REOPENING. A NEW SUTURE OF THE SAME TYPE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE WOUND CLOSURE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24358730 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 16, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC UTERINE FIBROID REMOVAL SURGERY, THE SUTURE WAS USED TO CLOSE THE UTERINE INCISION FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE FIBROID. HOWEVER, THE THREAD BROKE AFTER THREE STITCHES DURING CONTINUOUS SUTURING. ADDITIONALLY, THE NEEDLE AND THREAD BROKE ON THE FIRST STITCH AFTER REOPENING. A NEW SUTURE OF THE SAME TYPE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE WOUND CLOSURE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24358634 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 16, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC ADENOMYOSIS LESION EXCISION, WHILE SUTURING THE UTERINE INCISION, THE NEEDLE OF THE TWO SUTURES WERE BENT. THE THREAD OF THE THIRD SUTURE BROKE APPROXIMATELY AFTER FIVE STITCH. A NEW SUTURE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24343724 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 11, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A PROCEDURE, THE SUTURE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. A NEW SUTURE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24313313 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 8, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER DURING A CESAREAN SECTION PROCEDURE, BEFORE SUTURING FOR WOUND CLOSURE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NEEDLE AND THREAD SEPARATED. A NEW SUTURE WAS THEN USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23739451 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 17, 2025Break; Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER DURING A UTERINE MASS EXCISION, WHILE SUTURING THE UTERUS, THE COIL AT THE END OF THE BARBED SUTURE BROKE, RESULTING IN INEFFECTIVE SUTURING AND WOUND BLEEDING. THE SUTURE WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED TO CLOSE THE UTERINE INCISION AND ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS, AND THE BROKEN END WAS REMOVED. THIS EVENT CAUSED UNNECESSARY ADDITIONAL BLEEDING FOR THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 23565985 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K091087. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2919-2026 · Jun 24, 2026 · Open, Classified
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