Reported Jun 5, 2013 · Terminated

Thyroidectomy Indication for the da Vinci Surgical Systems; Product Usage: da Vinci Thyroidectomy offers a minimally…

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?

  • Thyroidectomy Indication for the da Vinci Surgical Systems
  • Product Usageda Vinci Thyroidectomy offers a minimally invasive surgery for both partial and total thyroidectomy procedures, including endoscopic and video assisted procedure that are preferable to conventional (open) procedures that utilize a cervical incision because they leave no visible neck scar
Lot codes and dates
  • NA - marketing and promotional only.
Amount recalled
2,423 consignee

This recall covers 9 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 8 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Promotional literature for use of the da Vinci system for thyroidectomy, which had not been approved with a change to the 510(k).

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 May 30, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:54 PM UTC

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