VIA Microcatheter VIA-17-154-01-ALRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00842429118702), received between Jul 14, 2025 and Jul 23, 2025 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unintended Movement” (2 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, 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 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJul 23, 2025Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MEDIA ANEURYSM TREATMENT WAS PERFORMED FOR A PATIENT THAT HAS A VERY ELONGATED/TORTUOUS VESSEL ANATOMY. THE CATHETER, TOGETHER WITH THE GUIDEWIRE, WAS POSITIONED INTO THE ANGLED ANEURYSM SUCCESSFULLY. AFTER PULLING SLIGHTLY THE GUIDEWIRE OUT OF THE CATHETER, THE CATHETER MOVED FORWARD AND PERFORATED THE ANEURYSM, AND AN SAH OCCURRED. AN EMERGENCY COILING WAS PERFORMED TO STOP THE BLEEDING. AFTER THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A NEUROSURGERY FOR EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAIN (EVD). THE PATIENT¿S CONDITION IS UNKNOWN. IMAGE AND OPERATIVE REPORT WERE REQUESTED, AND NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: Intracranial Hemorrhage

  MAUDE report 22576052 ↗
• InjuryJul 14, 2025Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE MOVING THE WEB DEVICE IN THE VIA MICROCATHETER, IT WAS NOTED UNDER FLUOROSCOPY THAT THE VIA HAD MOVED THROUGH THE ANEURYSM AND THE PATIENT WAS HEMORRHAGING. THE WEB WAS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE MICROCATHETER, AND THREE BALT OPTIMA COILS WERE PLACED TO CONTROL THE BLEEDING. POST PROCEDURE SHOWED BLOOD IN THE BRAIN AND THE PATIENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF REPORTING. THE REP WAS NOT INFORMED OF ANY FURTHER SURGERY PERFORMED AFTER THE CASE. ONE DAY POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS DOING BETTER THAN EXPECTED AND ABLE TO MOVE WITHOUT ANY PARALYSIS. THE PATIENT DID STOP TALKING EARLIER ON 19JUN2025. THE SCANS WERE REPORTED AS UNCHANGED. THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A RUPTURED ACA WITH BLEEDING THAT HAD SUBSIDED PRIOR TO THE CASE. THE PATIENT WAS UNDER CONSCIOUS SEDATION AND WAS MOVING. THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING VASOSPASM IN THE A1 SEGMENT AND THEREFORE, THE PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED VERAPAMIL. A BALT BALLAST CATHETER 90CM, SOFIA 5F 115CM, A TRAXCESS EX WIRE, AND A WEB 17 4 X 2 WERE USED ALONG WITH THE VIA 17. THE VIA 17 WAS PARKED JUST PAST THE NECK OF THE ANEURYSM AND THE WEB WAS PREPPED IN BOWL AND PRE-TEST WAS SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED WITH THE WDC. THE

  Patient problems: Aneurysm; Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Intracranial Hemorrhage

  MAUDE report 22494946 ↗