VENA TECHRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 2 models of VENA TECH by B Braun Interventional Systems, Inc in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 48 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Feb 9, 2016 and May 29, 2026 — classified as 7 deaths, 30 injuries, 11 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Activation Failure” (8 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 VENA TECH problems

VENA TECH models

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

• VENA TECH 5010024

  FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR
  7 deaths38 reports
• VENA TECH 5010028

  FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR
  10 reports

Recent VENA TECH adverse event reports

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

• InjuryMay 29, 2026Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

  AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: FILTER DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT AND HAS SINCE "OPENED" UP MORE TO ABOUT 50% THEY CAN'T RETURN IT, IT'S STILL IN THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL TO HAVE IT REMOVED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25331029 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 20, 2026Activation Failure

  AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: FILTER DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT AND HAS SINCE "OPENED" UP MORE TO ABOUT 50% THEY CAN'T RETURN IT, IT'S STILL IN THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL TO HAVE IT REMOVED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25233105 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 19, 2025Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  "CONVERTIBLE IVC FILTER WAS PLACED BUT DID NOT SELF EXPAND. DR (B)(6) WAS ABLE TO GET A CATHETER THROUGH THE FILTER AND INFLATE A BALLOON TO GET THE FILTER TO EXPAND. HE HAD TO ASSIST SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIDES BEFORE FULL EXPANSION WAS ACHIEVED.".

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21412565 ↗
• InjuryJun 17, 2024Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  IVC FITTER WAS INSERTED VIA RT. JUGULAR ACCESS. ONCE DEPLOUED STRUTS DID NOT OPEN. HAD TO MANIPULATE WIRES/ CATHETERS TO OPEN FITTERS STRUTS.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19554500 ↗
• InjuryJun 6, 2024Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  THIS REPORT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS B. BRAUN MEDICAL INTERNAL REPORT NUMBER (B)(4). AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: IVC FITTER WAS INSERTED VIA RT. JUGULAR ACCESS. ONCE DEPLOYED STRUTS DID NOT OPEN. HAD TO MANIPULATE WIRES/ CATHETERS TO OPEN FITTERS STRUTS.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19476860 ↗
• InjuryOct 29, 2022Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation

  VENATECH LP FILTER IMPLANTED INTO PATIENT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2011 AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS ('DVT) AND PULMONARY EMBOLUI ('PE'). ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2022 PATIENT UNDERWENT DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. EXAMINATION OF THE IMAGING BY A QUALIFIED EXPERT RADIOLOGIST SHOWED MULTIPLE STRUTS FRACTURED IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOWER THORACIC SPINE. PATIENT IS AT RISK FOR FUTURE MIGRATIONS, FRACTURES AND PERFORATIONS FROM THE RETAINED VENATECH LP FILTER, AND FACES NUMEROUS HEALTH RISKS, INCLUDING THE RISK OF DEATH. PATIENT WILL REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL CARE AND MONITORING FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT AND A BATCH NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED TO ASSIST IN VERIFY THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE. THE PRODUCT CODE USED IS THE CODE FOR THE VENA TECH LP FILTER AS LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 15694848 ↗
• InjuryOct 28, 2022Patient Device Interaction Problem; Patient Device Interaction Problem

  VENATECH LP FILTER IMPLANTED INTO PATIENT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2004 AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH DVT AND PE. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2021 PATIENT UNDERWENT A COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN OF HIS ABDOMEN. EXAMINATION BY A QUALIFIED EXPERT RADIOLOGIST SHOWED MULTIPLE STRUTS PERFORATIONS THROUGH WALL OF HIS INFERIOR VENA CAVA WITH ONE STRUT ABUTTING THE DUODENUM, IT ALSO SHOWED A STRUT IN CONTACT WITH A VERTEBRAL BODY CAUSING A BONY REACTION. PATIENT IS AT RISK FOR FUTURE MIGRATIONS, FRACTURES AND PERFORATIONS FROM THE RETAINED VENATECH LP FILTER, AND FACES NUMEROUS HEALTH RISKS, INCLUDING THE RISK OF DEATH. PATIENT WILL REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL CARE AND MONITORING FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT AND A BATCH NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED TO ASSIST IN VERIFY THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE. THE PRODUCT CODE USED IS THE CODE FOR THE VENA TECH LP FILTER AS LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT.

  Patient problems: Bowel Perforation; Great Vessel Perforation; Spinal Column Injury

  MAUDE report 15692028 ↗
• InjuryOct 11, 2022Break; Migration or Expulsion of Device; Break; Migration or Expulsion of Device

  THIS REPORT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS B. BRAUN MEDICAL INTERNAL REPORT NUMBER (B)(4). AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: VENATECH LP FILTER IMPLANTED INTO PATIENT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2011 AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS ('DVT) AND PULMONARY EMBOLUI ('PE'). ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2022 PATIENT UNDERWENT DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. EXAMINATION OF THE IMAGING BY A QUALIFIED EXPERT RADIOLOGIST SHOWED MULTIPLE STRUTS FRACTURED IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOWER THORACIC SPINE. PATIENT IS AT RISK FOR FUTURE MIGRATIONS, FRACTURES AND PERFORATIONS FROM THE RETAINED VENATECH LP FILTER, AND FACES NUMEROUS HEALTH RISKS, INCLUDING THE RISK OF DEATH. PATIENT WILL REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL CARE AND MONITORING FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT AND A BATCH NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED TO ASSIST IN VERIFY THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE. THE PRODUCT CODE USED IS THE CODE FOR THE VENA TECH LP FILTER AS LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 15583866 ↗
• InjuryOct 11, 2022Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device

  THIS REPORT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS B. BRAUN MEDICAL INTERNAL REPORT NUMBER (B)(4) AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: VENATECH LP FILTER IMPLANTED INTO PATIENT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2004 AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH DVT AND PE. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2021 PATIENT UNDERWENT A COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN OF HIS ABDOMEN. EXAMINATION BY A QUALIFIED EXPERT RADIOLOGIST SHOWED MULTIPLE STRUTS PERFORATIONS THROUGH WALL OF HIS INFERIOR VENA CAVA WITH ONE STRUT ABUTTING THE DUODENUM, IT ALSO SHOWED A STRUT IN CONTACT WITH A VERTEBRAL BODY CAUSING A BONY REACTION. PATIENT IS AT RISK FOR FUTURE MIGRATIONS, FRACTURES AND PERFORATIONS FROM THE RETAINED VENATECH LP FILTER, AND FACES NUMEROUS HEALTH RISKS, INCLUDING THE RISK OF DEATH. PATIENT WILL REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL CARE AND MONITORING FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT AND A BATCH NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED TO ASSIST IN VERIFY THE ACTUAL PRODUCT CODE. THE PRODUCT CODE USED IS THE CODE FOR THE VENA TECH LP FILTER AS LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT.

  Patient problems: Extraskeletal ossification; Foreign Body In Patient; Great Vessel Perforation

  MAUDE report 15583725 ↗
• InjuryAug 18, 2022Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  THIS REPORT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS B. BRAUN MEDICAL INTERNAL REPORT NUMBER (B)(4). AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: "WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A VENATECH LP WHEN THE DEVICE DEPLOYED FROM THE CATHETER THE FILTER NEVER OPENED. IT ENDED UP UNOPENED IN THE PATIENT'S RIGHT ATRIUM. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS WE SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED THE DEVICE WITHOUT ANY KNOWN HARM TO OUR PATIENT."

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15251464 ↗
• InjuryAug 12, 2022Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  "WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A VENATECH LP WHEN THE DEVICE DEPLOYED FROM THE CATHETER THE FILTER NEVER OPENED. IT ENDED UP UNOPENED IN THE PATIENT'S RIGHT ATRIUM. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS WE SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED THE DEVICE WITHOUT ANY KNOWN HARM TO OUR PATIENT."

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15215908 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 18, 2022Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  THE FILTER WAS CAUGHT ON THE END OF THE SHEATH DURING DEPLOYMENT. AS A RESULT, A FEW OF THE LEGS MISDEPLOYED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13282402 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 7, 2022Activation Problem; Activation Problem

  FILTER LEGS DID NOT EXPAND FULLY DESPITE MANIPULATION WITH CATHETER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13190078 ↗
• InjuryAug 27, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  "FILTER WAS IMPLANTED INTO PATIENT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2015. ON (B)(6) 2017, PATIENT UNDERWENT VENOUS SURGERY. A VENOGRAPHY WAS PERFORMED. THE BRAUN VENA TECH IVC FILTER WAS OCCLUDED. A CATHETER PLACEMENT PROCEDURE WAS ALSO PERFORMED IN THE IVC ALONG WITH IVC ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING. ON (B)(6) 2017, PATIENT UNDERWENT A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN (CT SCAN). EXAMINATION OF THE CT SCAN BY A QUALIFIED EXPERT RADIOLOGIST REVEALED THAT THE FILTER WAS PRESSED AGAINST THE RIGHT LATERAL SIDEWALL OF THE IVC BY A STENT."

  Patient problems: Thromboembolism

  MAUDE report 12376906 ↗
• InjuryAug 27, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  "FILTER WAS IMPLANTED INTO PATIENT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2011. ON (B)(6) 2017, PATIENT UNDERWENT A COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN ("CT SCAN") OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS. ON (B)(6) 2019, A REVIEW OF THE (B)(6) 2017, CT SCAN WAS PERFORMED, REVEALING THE FILTER WAS IN FACT TILTED, WITH MULTIPLE STRUTS PERFORATING THE IVC."

  Patient problems: Perforation of Vessels

  MAUDE report 12376904 ↗

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