Reported Apr 20, 2016 · Terminated

da Vinci S Surgical System (IS1200/IS2000/IS3000) user manual, instrument & accessory. Product Usage: The Intuitive…

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?

  • da Vinci S Surgical System (IS1200/IS2000/IS3000) user manual, instrument & accessory
  • Product UsageThe Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, ultrasonic shears, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, stabilizers, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave ablation probes and accessories during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecological laparoscopic surgical procedures, general noncardiovascular thoracoscopic surgical procedures, and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures. The system can also be employed with adjunctive mediastinotomy to perform coronary anastomosis during cardiac revascularization.It is intended for use by trained physicians in an operating room environment in accordance with the representative specific procedures set forth in the Professional Instructions for Use
Lot codes and dates
    • Model 550675
    • IS1200/IS2000/IS3000 - User Manual
    • Instrument & Accessory - all languages
Amount recalled
248 - all models

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

Why it was recalled

Intuitive Surgical has found that the use of instruments other than the Cardiac Probe Grasper (e.g. Large Needle Driver Instrument) to manipulate the ablation probes during cardiac surgery can result in an increase of microscopic metallic particulates generated from the contact with the probes.

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 Jul 1, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:44 PM UTC

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