da Vinci Xi Surgical System — Class II medical device recall Z-1896-2020
Terminated recall by Intuitive Surgical Inc, reported 2020-05-13, distributed nationwide. Failure of Universal Surgical Manipulators due to a high friction points, resulting in an increase of arm move
| Recall number | Z-1896-2020 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2019-04-11 |
| Classified | 2020-05-05 |
| Reported by FDA | 2020-05-13 |
| Terminated | 2024-04-08 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AU, BE, BR, DE, ES, FR, GB, IN, IT, JP, KR, SE |
| UPC / GTIN / UDI-DI | 00886874114216 |
| Serial numbers | SK0736, SK0856, SK1318, SK1943, SK2228, SK2236, SK2239, SK2240, SK2242, SK2244, SK2248, SK2251, SK2255, SK2256, SK2259, SK2260, SK2261, SK2266, SK2269, SK2270, SK2274, SK2275, SK2281, SK2283, SK2285 and 64 more |
Product
da Vinci Xi Surgical System, IS4000 - 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 4 USM per da Vinci Xi 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.
Machine access
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