Reported Dec 3, 2014 · Terminated

8MM,LARGE NEEDLE DRIVER; Intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 1266 Kifer Rd Bldg 100 · Sunnyvale, CA · 94086-5304

Is this the product you have?

  • 8MM,LARGE NEEDLE DRIVER; Intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments.
Lot codes and dates
  • Part number470006-04; All 8mm da Vinci Xi (IS4000) Surgical System instruments manufactured with white colored housings
Amount recalled
509 - total all affected instruments

This recall covers 22 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 21 are below.

9 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Deviations in reprocessing steps from those stated in the reprocessing instructions, can cause surface degradation of the housing; and/or, accelerate mechanical wear of the instrument.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Feb 3, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:49 PM UTC

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