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Medical device recalls 2013

Single Site Curved Needed Driver Intuitive Surgical — Class II medical device recall Z-0111-2014

Terminated recall by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., reported 2013-11-06, distributed nationwide. A limited number of FDA-cleared instruments for da Vinci Single Site use, Bipolar Maryland and curved needle D

Recall numberZ-0111-2014
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass II
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmIntuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Recall initiated2013-10-02
Classified2013-10-29
Reported by FDA2013-11-06
Terminated2014-09-04
DistributedNationwide (US)
Countries outside the USAU, BE, FR, GB, IT
Lot numbersS10130314, S10130319, S10130327, S10130401, S10130405, S10130406, S10130411, S10130412, S10130502, S10130521, S10130613, S10130626, S10130703, S10130709
Model numbers428088-12

Product

Single Site Curved Needed Driver Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA. 94086 The Intuitive Surgical da Vinci Single-Site Instruments and Accessories used with the da Vinci Si Surgical System (IS3000) are indicated for use by trained physicians in an operating room environment for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, clip-ligation, electrocautery and suturing during single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy, benign hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy with the da Vinci Single-Site Instruments and Accessories, including graspers, dissectors, needle drivers, scissors, suction irrigators, monopolar cautery, bipolar cautery, 5 mm curved cannulae, 5 mm and 10 mm straight cannulae, flexible blunt obturators, and the 5mm Single-Site Port.

Reason for recall

A limited number of FDA-cleared instruments for da Vinci Single Site use, Bipolar Maryland and curved needle Driver, were shipped without the correct revision of the user manual which provided added instruction for use of these additional Single Site instruments including indication, warnings and precautions.

Machine access

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