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Medical device recalls 2014

ASSEMBLY — Class II medical device recall Z-2731-2014

Terminated recall by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., reported 2014-10-08, distributed nationwide. Correction due to the detection of a motor sensor failure in the Patient Cart instrument arms of the da Vinci

Recall numberZ-2731-2014
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass II
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmIntuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Recall initiated2014-09-11
Classified2014-09-29
Reported by FDA2014-10-08
Terminated2014-10-23
DistributedNationwide (US)
Countries outside the USBE, CN, DE, GB, HK, IL, IN, IT
Quantity75 devices
Serial numbers349166, 351052, 351749, 351845, 351849, 351852, 351853, 351929, 353410, 353632, 353668, 354233, 354234, 354389, 354552, 354714, 354943, 355206, 355623, 355824, 355996, 356258, 356530, 356532, 356533 and 50 more
Model numbers380652, IS4000

Product

ASSEMBLY, PATIENT SIDE CART, PS4000 used with the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. Product Usage: The Intuitive Surgical Endoscope Instrument Control System (da Vinci Surgical System, Model IS4000) 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, approximations, ligation, electrocautery, suturing and delivery and placement of microware 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 revascularization. The system is indicated for adult and pediatric use. It is intended to be used by trained physicians in an operating room environment in accordance with the representative, specific procedures set forth in the Professional Instructions for Use.

Reason for recall

Correction due to the detection of a motor sensor failure in the Patient Cart instrument arms of the da Vinci Xi (IS4000) Surgical Systems after a mid-procedure restart.

Machine access

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