Reported Jun 11, 2014 · Terminated

Patient Side Cart assembly, 4-arm, for use with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. da Vinci Surgical System IS 4000. 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?

  • Patient Side Cart assembly, 4-arm, for use with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. da Vinci Surgical System IS 4000. The patient-side cart is positioned at the operating room table and contains four arms that are positioned over the target patient anatomy. The endoscope attaches onto any arm. The patient-side assistant attaches/detaches the endoscope and instrument intra-operatively.
Lot codes and dates
  • lot 380652-20
Amount recalled
2

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Torque wrenches used to tighten certain PSC bolts were out of calibration. This could lead to over- or under-tightening of bolts that may result in system faults, mechanical sound (e.g. scraping, squeaking, rattling), cracks or vibration in the system.

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 4, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:29 PM UTC

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