FDA recall Z-2341-2018

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · Class II · device

Product

da Vinci X Surgical System, Model IS4200. Product Usage: The Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System (da Vinci X Surgical System Mode IS4200) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors scalpels, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave and cryogenic ablation probes and accessories during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general thoracoscopic surgical procedures and thoracoscopically-assisted cardiotomy procedures. The system can also be employed with adjunctive mediastinotomy to perform coronary anastomosis during cardiac revascula

Reason for recall

Specific da Vinci X Surgical Systems (IS4200) were shipped with defective Arm Controller Joint (ACJ) boards that were found to have a high rate of failure due to a defective component.

Distribution

US Nationwide AR, CA, FL, GA, IL, IA, MN, MS, NE, OK, TN, and TX. Foreign distribution was made to Australia, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and United Kingdom.

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2018-03-07
Report date
2018-07-11
Termination date
2020-07-29
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2341-2018