# FDA recall Z-0872-2025

> **Intuitive Surgical, Inc.** · Class II · device recall initiated 2024-12-19.

## Product

8MM,LONG TIP FORCEPS,IS4000    REF 471048

## Reason for recall

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

## Distribution

U.S. - Nation-wide. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Puerto Rico.  O.U.S: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Columbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-0872-2025
- **Recalling firm:** Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Ongoing
- **Initiation date:** 2024-12-19
- **Report date:** 2025-01-22

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0872-2025

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-0872-2025. Retrieved 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-0872-2025. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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