Patient Cart, Part: 380601, a component of the da Vinci SP Surgical System, Model: SP1098
Surgical system may have inadequately welded top and/or bottom belts in the link 2 of the entry guide manipulator assembly/instrument arm joints, that may cause the following, 1) Top Failure: internal tissue injuries, body wall injury or emergent conversion to open surgery, 2) Bottom failure: pinching injury to the user with no harm to the patient.
US: VA, CA, NH, FL, NY, CO, AL, KY, MD, NC, NJ, OH, SC, SD, TN, WA, WI, WV, MS, TX, KS. OUS: China, France, Japan, South Korea
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