Reported Jan 22, 2025 · Ongoing

8MM, MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS, IS4000 REF 470179

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 · Sunnyvale, CA · 94086-5304

Is this the product you have?

    • 8MM
    • MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS
    • IS4000 REF 470179
Lot codes and dates
  • Model Number470179
  • Part Number470179-19
  • UDI-DI code00886874112298
  • Batch Number

    504 of 504 codes

    • K10221127
    • K10221218
    • K10221228
    • K10230103
    • K10230108
    • K10230112
    • K10230122
    • K10230129
    • K10230205
    • K10230212
    • K10230219
    • K10230226
    • K10230302
    • K10230310
    • K10230315
    • K10230316
    • K10230323
    • K10230330
    • K10230403
    • K10230405
    • K10230412
    • K10230413
    • K10230420
    • K10230504
    • K10230509
    • K10230511
    • K10230516
    • K10230518
    • K10230525
    • K10230531
    • K10230601
    • K10230602
    • K10230608
    • K10230615
    • K10230620
    • K10230622
    • K10230629
    • K10230630
    • K10230706
    • K10230713
    • K10230720
    • K10230727
    • K10230803
    • K10230810
    • K10230817
    • K10230824
    • K10230831
    • K10230907
    • K10230914
    • K10230921
    • K10230928
    • K10231005
    • K10231006
    • K10231012
    • K10231019
    • K10231026
    • K10231102
    • K10231109
    • K10231123
    • K10231130
  • K19240229 K19240307 Part Number470179-21
  • UDI-DI code00886874112298
  • Batch Number
    • K10240509
    • K10240607
    • K10240718
    • K10240719
    • K10240725
    • K10240801
    • K10240805
    • K10240808
    • K10240822
    • K10240826
    • K10240829
    • K11240711
    • K11240718
    • K11240725
    • K11240801
    • K11240808
    • K11240815
    • K12240711
    • K12240718
    • K12240725
    • K12240801
    • K12240815
    • K13240711
    • K13240718
    • K13240725
    • K13240801
    • K14240711
    • K14240718
    • K14240725
    • K14240801
    • K15240711
    • K15240718
    • K15240801
    • K16240711
    • K16240808
  • K16240829 K17240808 Part Number470179-22
  • UDI-DI code00886874112298
  • Batch NumberK10230914 K10240229 K11230803
Amount recalled
355,547

This recall covers 39 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 38 are below.

26 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Due to increased complaints regarding frayed or broken grip cables on reusable instruments with jaws.

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

Data as of Sep 19, 6:54 PM UTC

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