FDA recall Z-1897-2020

Intuitive Surgical Inc · Class II · device

Product

da Vinci X Surgical System, IS4200 - Product Usage: The da Vinci Xi surgical system (IS4000) is made of three main components: the Surgeon Console (SC), the Vision Cart (VC), and the Patient Cart (PC). The Patient Cart is the operative component of the IS4000 system and its primary function is to support the instrument arms and camera arm. The system has four Universal Surgical Manipulators (USM) also known as arms, which allow the surgeon to control up to three instruments and an endoscope simultaneously to perform surgical tasks (e.g. cutting, suturing, tissue approximation) in a variety of procedures. There are four USM per da Vinci X surgical system.

Reason for recall

Failure of Universal Surgical Manipulators due to a high friction points, resulting in an increase of arm movement to include: feelings of resistance, hesitation, and jerking.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, District of Columbia, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS. MA, MI, MS, NB, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA and WI and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2019-04-11
Report date
2020-05-13
Termination date
2024-04-08
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1897-2020