LCP 224.641Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982158604), received between Mar 28, 2018 and Mar 28, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.

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

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.

• InjuryMar 28, 2018Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT (PROFESSIONAL MOTORCYCLE DRIVER) HAD ORIGINAL SURGERY SOMETIME IN LATE 1986 FOR TREATMENT OF A FEMUR FRACTURE DUE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT (MVA). PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH AN UNKNOWN SYNTHES NAIL AND AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY AND TYPE OF SCREWS. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE POST-OPERATIVELY, PATIENT HAD HEALED WELL AND THE NAIL CONSTRUCT WAS REMOVED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. ON (B)(6) 2014, PATIENT WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A FRACTURED FEMUR, TIBIA, AND FIBULA. THESE INJURIES REQUIRED MORE THAN NINETEEN (19) SURGERIES. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE FEMUR AND TIBIA FRACTURES WERE PLATED. IT IS REPORTED THAT ONE OF THE PLATES WAS THE 4.5MM VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (VA-LCP) CURVED CONDYLAR PLATE 16 HOLE 336MM-RIGHT. NO ISSUE WAS REPORTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017, WHILE RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE PATIENT WAS AGAIN INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE PATIENT¿S FEMUR WAS AGAIN BROKEN. THE TWO (2) PLATES WERE ALSO BROKEN. ON UNKNOWN DATE, PATIENT WAS RETURNED TO SURGERY WHERE THE BROKEN PLATES AND SCREWS WERE REMOVED. PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A 95-DEGREE BLADE PLATE AND SCREWS TO ADDRESS THE NEW FEMUR FRACTURE. PATIENT IS CURRENTL

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 7378186 ↗