Reported Mar 4, 2015 · Terminated

EndoWrist One Vessel Sealer, 8MM, IS4000, 6 pack used in conjunction with the da Vinci Surgical System Xi IS4000. The…

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?

  • EndoWrist One Vessel Sealer, 8MM, IS4000, 6 pack used in conjunction with the da Vinci Surgical System Xi IS4000. The EndoWrist Vessel Sealer is a bipolar electrosurgical instrument for use with the da Vinci Xi Surgical System and the ERBE VIO dV electrosurgical generator. It is intended for grasping and blunt dissection of tissue and for bipolar coagulation and mechanical transection of vessels up to 7 mm in diameter and tissue bundles that fit in the jaws of the instrument.
Lot codes and dates
  • PN 480322-04
  • Lot numbers
    • S10140730
    • S10140904
    • S10141007
    • S10141103
    • S10140805
    • S10140912
    • S10141009
    • S10141111
    • S10140814
    • S10140916
    • S10141015
    • S10141118
    • S10140824
    • S10140923
    • S10141020
    • S10141125
    • S10140827
    • S10141001
    • S10141028
Amount recalled
3282 - total both part numbers

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide
  • PR

Why it was recalled

Intuitive Surgical has identified the potential for a certain, small portion of Vessel Sealers to exhibit interference in the back of the instrument grips due to manufacturing variability in some 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

Notice updated Jun 1, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:54 PM UTC

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