MVPRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 13 models of MVP by Medtronic, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 55 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Apr 3, 2017 and Feb 23, 2026 — classified as 13 injuries, 42 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (17 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event. Widely used products collect more reports, so totals can't be used to compare products or estimate failure rates. Only reports that name a model's exact device identifier are counted. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works

Most reported MVP problems

MVP models

13 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.

• MVP® MVP-9Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  17 reports
• MVP® MVP-5Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  9 reports
• MVP® MVP-7Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  8 reports
• MVP™ MVP-5Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  5 reports
• MVP™ MVP-9Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  3 reports
• MVP™ MVP-7Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  3 reports
• MVP™ MVP-7Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  3 reports
• MVP™ MVP-9Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  2 reports
• MVP™ MVP-3Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  1 report
• MVP™ MVP-7Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  1 report
• MVP™ MVP-3Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  1 report
• MVP™ MVP-9Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  1 report
• MVP® MVP-3Q

  Device, Vascular, for Promoting Embolization
  1 report

Recent MVP adverse event reports

The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryFeb 23, 2026Migration or Expulsion of Device

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT EMBOLIZATION WAS PERFORMED USING AN MVP-3Q MICRO VASCULAR PLUG ON THE RIGHT HEPATIC ARTERY AND TWO ADDITIONAL MVP-7QS WERE USED FOR THE LEFT SIDE. THE EMBOLIZATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN COMBINATION WITH AN IMPLANTATION OF A CHEMOTHERAPY PUMP, TO SELECTIVELY TREAT LIVE TUMORS IN A PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF CANCER. 2 DAYS POST-OP, ONE OF THE MVPS MIGRATED, WHICH RENDERED THE CHEMOTHERAPY PUMP NON-THERAPEUTIC AND NECESSITATED A NEW EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURE. DURING THE REINTERVENTION, THE MIGRATED MVP DEVICE WAS REMOVED, COILS WERE ADDED, AND A NEW MVP-7Q DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE ALIVE WITH NO FURTHER PATIENT INJURY REPORTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 23-FEB-2026: THE MVP PLUG WAS SOAKED IN HEPARINIZED SALINE PRIOR TO USE. THE CATHETER WAS FLUSHED BEFORE INSE RTING THE PLUG. A CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS MAINTAINED DURING THE PROCEDURE. SEVERAL DIFFERENT UNKNOWN SHEATHS HAVE BEEN TRIED UNTIL REACHING TARGET SITE. THE TARGET VESSEL DIAMETER WAS REPORTED AS 5.3MM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ANATOMY WAS DIFFICULT AND TORTUOUS TO REACH TARGET SITE. HOWEVER, LANDING ZONE WAS VERY STRAIGHT. THE PLUG DID FULLY OPEN IN THE TARGET VESSEL BEFORE DETACHING, INCLUDI

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24412580 ↗
• InjuryFeb 5, 2026Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Positioning Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PROCEDURE INVOLVING THE PLUG MICRO VASCULAR MVP-7Q, THE MVP PLUG COULD NOT DETACH AS INTENDED DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO ROTATE IT ANTICLOCKWISE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE PLUG DETACHED FROM THE DELIVERING WIRE, BUT THE DELIVERING WIRE ACCIDENTALLY GOTTEN STUCK WITH THE PLUG. THE PLUG WAS THEN ACCIDENTALLY PULLED BACK AND FELL INTO THE ANEURYSM SAC. THE PLUG WAS RETRIEVED SUCCESSFULLY BY SNARE, AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A REPLACEMENT MVP PLUG OF THE SAME SIZE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24266183 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 6, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MICRO VASCULAR PLUG WAS IMPLANTED 54 DAYS POST EXPIRY. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22159587 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 8, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED WITH LIMITED INFORMATION THAT A MICRO VASCULAR PLUG WAS USED PAST ITS USE BY DATE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21796644 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 4, 2024Fracture; Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Material Deformation; Fracture; Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Material Deformation

  PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO USE A MICROVASCULAR PLUG 9Q WITH A 5FR 5MM NON-MEDTRONIC CATHETER DURING TREATMENT OF A SOFT TISSUE LESION IN THE PATIENTS LEFT MID COMMON ILIAC ARTERY. ARTERY DIAMETER REPORTED AS 8MM. THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES REPORTED IN RELATION TO ANATOMY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO PACKAGING, I.E. SHELF CARTON, HOOP/TRAY. THERE WERE NO ISSUES NOTED WHEN REMOVING THE DEVICE FROM THE HOOP/TRAY. THE IFU (INSTRUCTION FOR USE) WAS FOLLOWED DURING PREPARATION, PROCEDURE, POST-PROCEDURE WITHOUT ISSUE. THE DEVICE WAS NOT PASSED THROUGH A PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED STENT. THE MVP PLUG WAS SOAKED IN HEPARINIZED SALINE PRIOR TO USE. THE CATHETER WAS FLUSHED BEFORE INSERTING THE PLUG. A CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS MAINTAINED DURING THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THE MVP WOULD NOT RELEASE. NO RESISTANCE WAS FELT WHEN ADVANCING THE PLUG THROUGH THE INTRODUCER SHEATH OR CATHETER. A BREAK OR KINK WAS NOT OBSERVED ON THE PLUG. THE PLUG WAS RE-SHEATHED INTO THE CATHETER TWICE FOR REPOSITIONING. A STRUT FRACTURE WAS OBSERVED. THE DEVICE WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. PROCEDURE WAS ABORTED. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20367353 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 25, 2024Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO USE A MICROVASCULAR PLUG 9Q DURING PATIENT TREATMENT. THE MVP PLUG WAS SOAKED IN HEPARINIZED SALINE PRIOR TO USE. THE CATHETER WAS FLUSHED BEFORE INSERTING THE PLUG. PHYSICIAN WAS CLOSING A PULMONARY SYSTEMIC COLLATERAL FROM THE INNOMINATE VEIN TO THE LEFT SUPERIOR PULMONARY VEIN. THE COLLATERAL WAS VERY TORTUOUS. NO RESISTANCE WAS FELT WHEN ADVANCING THE PLUG THROUGH THE INTRODUCER SHEATH OR THE CATHETER. PHYSICIAN ADVANCED THE PLUG AND WHEN HE WANTED TO EXPAND THE PLUG, THE EXPANSION WAS SUBOPTIMAL. THE PLUG WAS RE-SHEATHED INTO THE CATHETER FOR REPOSITIONING BUT AT THAT TIME THE PLUG WAS DAMAGED. IT WAS DECIDED TO REMOVE THE PLUG. IT WAS RE-SHEATHED AND AT THAT MOMENT IT WAS CUT, FOR THIS REASON THEY HAD TO REMOVE EVERYTHING AND LOOSE THE POSITION AND DO THE PUNCTURE AGAIN. THE DOCTOR WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE GUIDE AND PLUG. NO STRUT FRACTURE WAS OBSERVED. A REPLACEMENT PLUG WAS USED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. NO MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NEEDED TO PREVENT A PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT OF A FUNCTION. NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS OR COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT AND DID NOT LEAD TO OR EXTEND PATIENT HOSPITALIZATION. NO PATIENT INJUR

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19608617 ↗
• InjuryMay 13, 2024Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device

  PHYSICIAN IMPLANTED A MICROVASCULAR PLUG 9Q IN THE PATIENTS LEFT INTERNAL ILIAC VEIN ( (B)(6)2024). MODERATE VESSEL TORTUOSITY WAS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES REPORTED IN RELATION TO ANATOMY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO PACKAGING, I.E. SHELF CARTON, HOOP/TRAY. THERE WERE NO ISSUES NOTED WHEN REMOVING THE DEVICE FROM THE HOOP/TRAY. THE IFU (INSTRUCTION FOR USE) WAS FOLLOWED DURING PREPARATION, PROCEDURE, POST-PROCEDURE WITHOUT ISSUE. THE DEVICE WAS PASSED THROUGH A PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED ABRE STENT. THE MVP PLUG WAS SOAKED IN HEPARINIZED SALINE PRIOR TO USE. THE CATHETER WAS FLUSHED BEFORE INSERTING THE PLUG. A CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS MAINTAINED DURING THE PROCEDURE. TARGET VESSEL DIAMETER REPORTED AS 7-9MM. THE PLUG DID FULLY OPEN IN THE TARGET VESSEL BEFORE DETACHING. PHYSICIAN CONFIRMED SECURE PLACEMENT OF MVP-9Q UNDER FLURO. NO CONTRAST WAS SEEN WHICH CONFIRMED PLUG HAD OPPOSED TO VESSEL WALL. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE POST OP, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO ER AT A HOSPITAL IN ANOTHER STATE AFTER COMPLAINTS OF CHEST PAIN AFTER PHYSICALLY BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CHILD. PATIENT FOLLOWED UP WITH ORIGINAL PHYSICIAN WHO PERFORMED THE PROCEDURE. A FOLLOW UP COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCAN

  Patient problems: Chest Pain; Thrombosis/Thrombus

  MAUDE report 19298543 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 27, 2024Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO USE AN MVP-7Q DEVICE DURING TREATMENT OF A 10MM LESION THE PATIENT¿S LEFT MID PULMONARY ARTERY. MODERATE VESSEL TORTUOSITY AND MINIMAL VESSEL CALCIFICATION WERE REPORTED. LESION EXHIBITED NO STENOSIS. ARTERY DIAMETER REPORTED AS 5.5MM. THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES REPORTED IN RELATION TO ANATOMY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO PACKAGING, I.E. SHELF CARTON, HOOP/TRAY. THERE WERE NO ISSUES NOTED WHEN REMOVING THE DEVICE FROM THE HOOP TRAY. THE IFU (INSTRUCTION FOR USE) WAS FOLLOWED DURING PREPARATION, PROCEDURE, POST-PROCEDURE WITHOUT ISSUE. THE MVP PLUG WAS SOAKED IN HEPARINIZED SALINE PRIOR TO USE. THE CATHETER WAS FLUSHED BEFORE INSERTING THE PLUG. A CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS NOT MAINTAINED DURING THE PROCEDURE AS THE PATIENT WAS AN INFANT. THE DEVICE WAS NOT PASSED THROUGH A PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED STENT. THE INNER DIAMETER SIZE OF CATHETER USED FOR DELIVERY WAS 6F. IT WAS REPORTED THE MVP DETACHED IN THE DELIVERY CATHETER. REMOVAL DIFFICULTIES WERE ALSO REPORTED.  NO VESSEL DAMAGE REPORTED. THE DEVICE WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM PATIENT. A REPLACEMENT MVP-7Q WAS USED TO COMPLETE PROCEDURE. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18985594 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 19, 2024Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  A PHYSICIAN IMPLANTED A MICRO VASCULAR PLUG, THE DEVICE HAD PASSED IT'S USE BY DATE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18928871 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 13, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A MICROVASCULAR PLUG 7Q DURING PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THE MICROVASCULAR PLUG RELEASED ON ITS OWN, WITHOUT ANTI TORQUE RELEASE SYSTEM. MVP PLUG WAS SOAKED IN HEPARINIZED SALINE PRIOR TO USE. A 5FR CATHETER WAS USED. CATHETER WAS FLUSHED BEFORE INSERTING THE PLUG AND A CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS MAINTAINED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO BREAK OR KINK ON THE PLUG NOTED. NO RESISTANCE WAS FELT WHEN ADVANCING THE PLUG THROUGH THE INTRODUCER SHEATH OR CATHETER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT OCCURRED INSIDE THE PATIENT. NO DEFORMATION WAS NOTED TO THE DEPLOYED PLUG. THE DELIVERY SYSTEM WAS REMOVED FROM PATIENT AND THE PLUG REMAINED IN THE PATIENT WITH NO VESSEL DAMAGED. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18895779 ↗
• InjuryNov 14, 2023Difficult to Remove; Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Difficult to Remove; Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem

  AN MVP WAS INTENDED TO BE USED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PRODUCT COULD NOT BE RELEASED IN THE VESSEL. THE PLUG COULD NOT BE REMOVED VIA THE SCREW THREAD IN THE VESSEL. SINCE THE PLUG WAS ALREADY OPENED IN THE VESSEL AND COULD NO LONGER BE FOLDED OVER THE NORMAL CATHETER, THE PLUG HAD TO BE RETRIEVED USING A SHEATH RETRACTION VIA THE SHEATH. THE WITHDRAWAL COULD BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT ANY VASCULAR DAMAGE TO THE PATIENT. NO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PATIENT, USER OR THIRD PARTY. THE INTERVENTION WAS DELAYED FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THE PLUG HAD TO BE RECOVERED AND A NEW SYSTEM HAD TO BE PREPARED. THERE IS A POTENTIAL RISK THAT THE OPENED PLUG COULD INJURE A VESSEL WHEN WITHDRAWN. NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18135887 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 4, 2023Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device

  A PHYSICIAN USED A MICRO VASCULAR PLUG FOR TREATMENT OF A PATIENT. IT WAS REPORTED THE PLUG MIGRATED DISTALLY AFTER DEPLOYMENT. THE CATHETER WAS FLUSHED BEFORE INSERTING THE PLUG. CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS MAINTAINED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE CATHETER WAS 2.7 NON MEDTRONIC CATHETER . TARGET VESSEL DIAMETER WAS 3MM. THE ANATOMY WAS NON-TORTUOUS, QUITE STRAIGHT FORWARD. IT WAS A STRAIGHT VESSEL AND THE PLUG WAS FULLY OPEN AND DEPLOYED BEFORE DETACHMENT. THE PLUG REMAINS IN THE PATIENT. NO INJURY TO THE PATIENT AS A RESULT OF THE DIFFICULTY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16671918 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 19, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MICRO VASCULAR PLUG WAS IMPLANTED TWO DAYS PAST ITS USE BY DATE. THE PHYSICIAN WAS NOT AWARE THE DEVICE HAD PASSED ITS USE BY DATE AT THE TIME OF THE PROCEDURE. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16201924 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 24, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A MICROVASCULAR PLUG DURING PROCEDURE. RESISTANCE WAS FELT WHILE ADVANCING THE PLUG THROUGH THE INTRODUCER SHEATH OR CATHETER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PHYSICIAN ADVANCED MVP-5Q INTO TERUMO 2.7F 130CM MICROCATHETER AND IT DEPLOYED JUST AFTER HUB. THE DELIVERY WIRE WAS NOT MANIPULATED OR ROTATED BEFORE OR DURING DELIVERY OF THE PLUG THROUGH THE CATHETER. THE USER DID NOT ROTATE THE TORQUER IN THE INCORRECT DIRECTION ACCIDENTALLY DURING PREPARATION. ADVANCEMENT WAS SMOOTH THROUGH INTRODUCER SHEATH THEN THE PLUGGED JAMMED IN MICROCATHETER PROXIMALLY. THE REASON THE MVP GOT STUCK WAS BECAUSE THE PROGREAT 2.7F IS TOO SMALL FOR THE MVP5-Q. THE MICRO CATHETER WAS IN THE PATIENT WHEN PLUG DETACHED. PUSHABLE COILS WERE USED TO EMBOLIZE AND COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. NO INTERVENTION REQUIRED FOR DEVICE REMOVAL. NO VESSEL DAMAGE NOTED. THE DEVICE WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15475260 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 5, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ATTEMPT TO USE MICRO VASCULAR PLUG (MVP), THE DEVICE DEPLOYED IN CATHETER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15173224 ↗

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