VIA MicrocatheterRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 10 models of VIA Microcatheter by Microvention, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 20 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Jun 18, 2021 and Jun 1, 2026 — classified as 4 deaths, 12 injuries, 4 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unintended Movement” (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 VIA Microcatheter problems

VIA Microcatheter models

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

• VIA Microcatheter VIA-17-154-01-MVI2

  Catheter, percutaneous
  4 reports
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-27-154-01-MVI2

  Catheter, percutaneous
  3 reports
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-17-154-45-MVI2

  Catheter, percutaneous
  1 death3 reports
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-33-133-01-MVI2

  Catheter, percutaneous
  2 deaths2 reports
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-17-154-01-AL

  Catheter, percutaneous
  2 reports
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-33-133-01-AL

  Catheter, continuous flush
  2 reports
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-21-154-01-MVI2

  Catheter, percutaneous
  1 report
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-17-154-90-MVI2

  Catheter, percutaneous
  1 report
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-27-154-01-AL

  Catheter, percutaneous
  1 report
• VIA Microcatheter VIA-17-154-90-AL

  Catheter, continuous flush
  1 death1 report

Recent VIA Microcatheter adverse event reports

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

• MalfunctionJun 1, 2026Unsealed Device Packaging

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PLASTIC PACKAGE WAS NOT FULLY SEALED WHEN REMOVED FROM THE BOX. THE DEVICE WAS BROUGHT FROM THE SALES MANAGER'S TRUNK STOCK. IMAGING IS NOT AVAILABLE OF THE INCOMPLETELY SEALED PLASTIC PACKAGE, AS THE TECHNICIAN OPENED THE PACKAGE COMPLETELY AND DISCARDED THE UNIT. THE CASE CONTINUED WITH THE USE OF ANOTHER UNIT. THE PATIENT OUTCOME WAS REPORTED AS "PERFECT."

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25352827 ↗
• InjuryJan 15, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIANS WERE ABOUT TO DEPLOY THE WEB TO TREAT THE ANEURYSM AND DID A RUN AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A BLEED. THEY THEN DEPLOYED AND DETACHED THE WEB SUCCESSFULLY. THEY THEN USED COILS AND A STENT TO FINISH THE CASE SUCCESSFULLY. THEY ARE NOT COMPLETELY SURE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE BLEED, STATING IT MAY HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE DEPLOYMENT, WHILE THEY WERE INTRODUCING THE MICRO CATHETER. THE PATIENT WAS OK AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE. STASIS WAS ACHIEVED IN THE ANEURYSM.

  Patient problems: Ruptured Aneurysm

  MAUDE report 24089602 ↗
• DeathAug 27, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED TO MICROVENTION THAT THE PATIENT WAS INTUBATED AND UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA, NOT UNDER CONSCIOUS SEDATION, FOR AN OFF-LABEL USE OF THE WEB IN A PARAOPHTHALMIC ANEURYSM. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE COUGHED OVER THEIR ET TUBE. THIS REPORTEDLY CAUSED THE SYSTEM OF CATHETERS USED FOR TREATMENT, INCLUDING THE SOFIA, VIA, AND ¿OTHER DEVICES¿, TO MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY. THESE DEVICES WERE IN THE PATIENT WHEN IT WAS THEN NOTICED THAT THE VESSEL WAS PERFORATED. A WEB DEVICE WAS THEN INSERTED AFTER THE PERFORATION AND REPORTEDLY DID NOT INITIALLY DETACH. THE 90 DEGREE VIA WAS BROUGHT UP TO BRACE AGAINST THE WEB TO DETACH AND THE WEB CAME TO REST IN THE PARENT VESSEL. INTERVENTION WITH SNARE AND TWO OTHER DEVICES WERE USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE THE WEB, WHICH PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CASE WAS TERMINATED DUE TO THE VESSEL WALL BLEEDING, AND THE WEB REMAINED IN THE PARENT VESSEL. THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY THE NEXT DAY. THIS WEB DEVICE USED IN THIS CASE WAS SUBMITTED UNDER MDR 2032493-2025-90428.

  Patient problems: Ruptured Aneurysm

  MAUDE report 22908296 ↗
• 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 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 30, 2025Peeled/Delaminated; Peeled/Delaminated

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT STATED IT HAPPENED WHILE INSERTING THE VIA INTO THE HUB. AFTER THAT, THEY TOOK ANOTHER VIA AND USED IT WITH THE WEB TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WERE NO PICTURES TAKEN OF THE SEGMENT THAT WAS IN THE CATHETER HUB.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22118025 ↗
• InjuryNov 14, 2024Device-Device Incompatibility; Device-Device Incompatibility

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT EMBOLIZATION DEVICE WAS USED IN AN UNSPECIFIED PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO ADVANCE A THE EMBOLIZATION DEVICE BUT THE DEVICE WOULD NOT ADVANCE THROUGH THE MICROCATHETER DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS MADE. THE DEVICE AND THE MICROCATHETER WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT AND THE PHYSICIAN USED A SMALLER SIZE EMBOLIZATION DEVICE AND A NEW MICROCATHETER OF THE SAME MODEL BUT ENCOUNTERED THE SAME ADVANCING CHALLENGE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED AGAINST INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT AND OPTED FOR SURGERY THAT WAS PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING DAY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF HARM OR INJURY TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20691807 ↗
• DeathDec 14, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED STATED THAT "THE PATIENT EXPIRED THE DAY AFTER THE PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2023 AND IT WAS REPORTED THIS WAS DUE TO ANEURYSM RUPTURE, BLEED.¿

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Ruptured Aneurysm

  MAUDE report 18333074 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 6, 2023Material Separation; Material Separation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MICROCATHETER WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE DELIVERED INTO AN ANEURYSM OVER A GUIDEWIRE AND WITHIN A CATHETER. THE TIP OF THE MICROCATHETER DID NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SHARE, WAS REMOVED, AND WAS SHAPED WITH A HEAT GUN. THE MICROCATHETER WAS REINSERTED INTO THE CATHETER, BUT RESISTANCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE MICROCATHETER WAS REMOVED; THE TIP OF THE MICROCATHETER WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN OFF. THE CATHETER WAS REMOVED AND THE MICROCATHETER TIP WAS FLUSHED OUT OF IT. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH DIFFERENT DEVICES. THERE WAS NO INJURY OR INTERVENTION.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18071231 ↗
• InjuryApr 24, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Ruptured Aneurysm

  MAUDE report 16796501 ↗
• DeathFeb 2, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE COMPANY RECEIVED A REPORT REGARDING A PROCEDURE IN WHICH A WEB DEVICE WAS PLANNED TO BE USED, BUT WAS NEVER UTILIZED DUE TO INTERVENING PATIENT COMPLICATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, A WEB DEVICE WAS PLANNED TO BE USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF PERICALLOSAL/ACOMM WITH AZYGOS A1 ANEURYSM. THE PHYSICIAN EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY GETTING THE VIA-33 CATHETER BEYOND THE RIGHT ICA TERMINUS INTO A1. AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS, ANGIOGRAPHY REVEALED BLEEDING IN THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE. A BALLOON WAS PREPPED AND UTILIZED TO HELP STOP THE BLEED, AND AFTER NOTING THE BLEED CONTINUED, THE CASE WAS ABORTED AND AN EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAIN (EVD) WAS PLACED. THE REPORTED CAUSE OF THE EVENT WAS A COMBINATION OF VESSEL TORTUOSITY AND FRAGILE BLOOD VESSELS. IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY LATER AT UNKNOWN DATE.

  Patient problems: Perforation of Vessels

  MAUDE report 16286146 ↗
• InjuryJan 9, 2023Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE PHYSICIAN WAS TREATING AN ANEURYSM IN THE A1, THE PHYSICIAN ADVANCED THE WEB DEVICE CLOSE TO THE TIP OF VIA-17 AND THE CATHETER JUMPED FORWARD AND RUPTURED THE ANEURYSM. THEY DEPLOYED THE DEVICE AND UTILIZED A SCEPTER XC BALLOON TO SLOW THE BLEEDING. BP REMAINED STABLE AT 84/49 DURING RUPTURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. POST-PROCEDURE, THEY TRANSFUSED 6 UNITS OF PLATELETS AND MAINTAINED BP120. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED SEVERAL DAYS LATER MOSTLY DUE TO UNDERLYING EARLY DEMENTIA.

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Ruptured Aneurysm

  MAUDE report 16125563 ↗
• InjuryOct 6, 2022Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN ADVANCING A WEB DEVICE THROUGH THE VIA 27 DURING THE TREATMENT OF AN ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY (ACOM) ANEURYSM, THE VIA CATHETER SHIFTED FORWARD AND PERFORATED THE DOME OF THE ANEURYSM, RESULTING IN BLEEDING INTO THE BRAIN. THE VIA AND WEB DEVICE WERE REMOVED, AND THE RUPTURED ANEURYSM WAS TREATED WITH COILS. THE PATIENT WAS BEING MONITORED IN THE ICU AND REPORTED TO BE NEUROLOGICALLY INTACT AND HAD A HEADACHE. THERE WERE NO FOCAL DEFICITS OR HYDROCEPHALUS, AND THE BLOOD IS CLEARING UP ON CT HEAD.

  Patient problems: Headache; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Ruptured Aneurysm

  MAUDE report 15556223 ↗
• InjuryMay 27, 2022Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING TREATMENT OF THE ACOMM ANEURYSM THE VIA-17 CATHETER RE-RUPTURED THE ANEURYSM. THE PHYSICIAN PLACED A SCEPTER XC AND A WEB DEVICE TO TREAT THE PATIENT. THE STATUS OF THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

  Patient problems: Ruptured Aneurysm

  MAUDE report 14526091 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 28, 2022Material Separation; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Separation; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER THE WEB DEVICE WAS DELIVERED USING THE VIA 17 THROUGH A SOFIA 6F 125CM AND SYNCHRO 14 WIRE, THE PHYSICIAN PULLED THE VIA 17 CATHETER OUT AND THE END OF THE CATHETER DETACHED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY AND THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE DOING FINE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14246817 ↗

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