Recall Z-1302-2015 ยท NAY System, Surgical, Computer Controlled Instrument
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
da Vinci Xi Surgical System, IS4000; Assy, Distal SUJ, Inner, IS4000 Material number: 380662-20 and 380662-21. The Intuitive Surgical Endoscope Instrument Control System (da Vinci Surgical System, Model IS4000) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endocopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, forceps/pi
| Date | Mar 20, 2015 (initiated Mar 3, 2015) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Correction due to a fault that causes distal SUJ (DSUJ) failures that indicates a mismatch between the positions reported by the redundant position sensors on one of the patient cart arm joints. |
| Root cause | Under Investigation by firm |
| Action | The firm, Intuitive Surgical, sent an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter dated March 11, 2015 to its consignees/customers on March 11, 2015 via Fed Ex. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to ensure that all affected personnel are fully informed of this notice; forward this notice to your Risk Manager, OR Director, Purchasing Manager, biomedical Engineering staff and members of your medical staff who perform da Vinci Surgery procedures; Identify systems containing affected product at your site; if you encounter this error duri |
| Quantity | 167 total da Vinci Xi affected systems |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom. |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K131861 | DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, ENDOWRIST INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Mar 28, 2014 |