V-Loc 180 VLOCL0614Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 102 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10884521131156), received between Aug 30, 2017 and Sep 28, 2026 — classified as 4 injuries, 98 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (54 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 102 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 28, 2026Break

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50924071 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 24, 2026Break

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50421390 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 24, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50418286 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 13, 2026Break

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

  MAUDE report 50232967 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 29, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A PROCEDURE, THE SUTURE BROKE AND COULD NOT BE USED. A NEW DEVICE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25662089 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 26, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, INTRA-OPERATIVELY OF A TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL (TAPP) PROCEDURE, THE SUTURE BROKE MULTIPLE TIMES DURING PERITONEAL CLOSURE. THE SURGEON IMMEDIATELY STOPPED USING THE SUTURE. ANOTHER SUTURE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THE PROCEDURE TIME WAS PROLONGED FOR TWO MINS DUE TO THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25644459 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 5, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, PRE-OPERATIVELY, WHILE REMOVING THE SUTURE FROM THE RETAINER, THE NEEDLE DETACHED. ANOTHER SUTURE WAS USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25405582 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 31, 2026Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, PRE-OPERATIVELY OF AN OPEN ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURE, WHEN THE PACKAGE WAS ONLY OPENED PRIOR TO USE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LOOP AT THE TAIL END OF THE SUTURE WAS BROKEN. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24738396 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 25, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY, UPON OPENING THE PACKAGE, A CRACK IN THE TAIL RING WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTICED. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, A NEW SUTURE WAS USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24690402 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 16, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL GASTRECTOMY FOR GASTRIC CANCER, SPECIFICALLY AT THE STEP OF ANASTOMOTIC REINFORCEMENT, THE SUTURE WAS FOUND TO HAVE NEEDLE DETACHMENT FROM THE SUTURE AT THE TIME OF OPENING THE PACKAGE AND TAKING OUT THE SUTURE. THE DEFECTIVE SUTURE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE TO COMPLETE THE CASE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24606164 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 12, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PULMONARY PROCEDURE, THE NEEDLE SUDDENLY SEPARATED FROM THE THREAD AS A WHOLE. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, A NEW SUTURE FROM THE SAME BATCH WAS USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24582629 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 12, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A PROCEDURE, THE USER TOOK THE NEEDLE BUT THE SUTURE WAS SEPARATED. ANOTHER SUTURE OF THE SAME LOT WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24580398 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 16, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY, AFTER OPENING THE PACKAGE AND BEFORE STARTING TO USE THE DEVICE, THE NEEDLE BROKE UPON BEING CLAMPED WITH THE NEEDLE HOLDER. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, A NEW SUTURE WAS USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24347702 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 23, 2025Break; Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING THE PROCEDURE, AFTER ENTERING THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND PREPARING FOR SUTURING, THE ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN UPON OPENING THE PACKAGE AND COULD NOT NORMALLY USE. THE SUTURE WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23885381 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 15, 2025Break; Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A TIBIAL FRACTURE INTERNAL FIXATION SURGERY, AN ABSORBABLE SUTURE WAS USED, THE SUTURE BROKE AFTER SLIGHT TENSION WAS APPLIED BY THE DOCTOR DURING SUTURING, SUGGESTING POSSIBLE INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH. THE SUTURE WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED, WHICH PROLONGED THE OPERATION TIME. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23813052 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 17, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER DURING A PROCEDURE, NEEDLE-SUTURE DETACHMENT OCCURRED WHILE THE CHIEF SURGEON WAS SUTURING THE ANASTOMOSIS. A NEW PRODUCT WAS USED FOR REPLACEMENT. THERE WAS NO INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23566992 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 17, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE LOOP OF THE SUTURE BROKE WHILE SUTURING. AN ADDITIONAL NEW SUTURE WAS USED WITHOUT ISSUE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23320725 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 12, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A PHARYNGOPLASTY, THE NEEDLE BROKE OFF FROM THE THREAD DURING THE FIRST THROW, BUT IT DID NOT DISENGAGE TO THE CAVITY. A NEW SUTURE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23037238 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 21, 2025Break; Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, PREOPERATIVELY, THE SUTURE BROKE UPON OPENING, MAKING IT UNUSABLE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22866817 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 5, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PROCEDURE, THE NEEDLE AND THREAD BROKE TEN MINUTES INTO THE PROCEDURE WHILE A CONTINUOUS SUTURE TECHNIQUE WAS BEING USED. NO DEVICE COMPONENT FELL INTO THE PATIENT CAVITY. AN ADDITIONAL NEW SUTURE OF THE SAME PRODUCT AND LOT NUMBER WAS USED WITHOUT ISSUE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22718466 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 25, 2025Break; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Break; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL RESECTION OF RECTAL CANCER, THE NEEDLE AND THREAD WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN AND DETACHED DURING SUTURING THE TISSUE. THE SUTURING COULD NOT BE COMPLETED NORMALLY. A NEW SUTURE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

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

  MAUDE report 22606425 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 24, 2025Break; Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL RESECTION OF COLON CANCER UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA, THE NEEDLE BROKE WHEN THE FIRST STITCH WAS MADE. THE SURGEON THEN IMMEDIATELY FOUND THE REMAINING PART OF THE NEEDLE, QUICKLY TOOK IT OUT, REPLACED IT WITH A NEW NEEDLE, AND THEN SUTURED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE OPERATION TIME WAS PROLONGED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22585845 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 3, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC COLECTOMY, DURING ANASTOMOTIC REINFORCEMENT THE NEEDLE AND THREAD GOT DETACHED WHILE PERFORMING A CONTINUOUS SUTURING TECHNIQUE. A NEW SUTURE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22394526 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 5, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC SUBTOTAL GASTRECTOMY, ON ANASTOMOTIC REINFORCEMENT, THE FIRST STITCH WAS THE NEEDLE AND THREAD DETACHMENT AND WAS DEACTIVATED. THE USER TOOK A NEW THREAD AND SUTURED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22154586 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 30, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE BARBED SUTURE LOOP WAS BROKEN PRIOR TO HANDLING AFTER OPENING THE PACKAGE. AN ADDITIONAL NEW SUTURE WAS USED WITHOUT ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22112362 ↗

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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