FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DAVINCI XI

MDR report key: 24693573 · Received March 25, 2026

Report

Report Number
2955842-2026-17871
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 25, 2026
Date of Event
December 4, 2025
Report Date
March 25, 2026
Manufacturer
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC
Product Code
NAY
UDI-DI
00886874110720
PMA / PMN Number
K131861
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

AN INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS REPORTED EVENT. AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) WAS DISPATCHED TO THE CUSTOMER SITE TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED EVENT. BASED ON THE FIELD EVALUATION, THIS REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED. FSE REPLACED THE UNIVERSAL SURGICAL MANIPULATOR (USM). THE SYSTEM WAS TESTED AND VERIFIED AS READY FOR USE. ISI DID RECEIVE A DA VINCI PRODUCT INVOLVED WITH THIS COMPLAINT TO PERFORM FAILURE ANALYSIS. IN ARTEMIS, THE 32056 ERROR ALONG WITH 1173 AND 1123 ERRORS, WAS FOUND INDICATING A INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (I2C) DEVICE ERROR AND A USM ENCODER ERROR ON THE AXES CONTROLLER ARM (ACA), CONFIRMING THE FAULT OCCURRED IN THE FIELD. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, NO ISSUES WERE FOUND THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. THE UNIT WAS INSTALLED ONTO AN IN-HOUSE SYSTEM WHERE THE 32056 ERROR WAS TRIGGERED WITH A 1123 ERROR IN THE LOGS, REPLICATING THE REPORTED EVENT. THE UNIT WAS THEN INSTALLED ON AN IN-HOUSE PATIENT SIDE CART (PSC) FIXTURE TEST PLATFORM (PFTP) WHERE THE UNIT FAILED AGC CURRENT ON THE YAW AXIS. A GOLDEN YAW SEARCHLIGHT FLAT FLEX CABLE (FFC) WAS INSTALLED AND THE UNIT PASSED THE REQUIRED TEST, VERIFYING THE YAW SEARCHLIGHT FFC TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE FAULT.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ERROR 32056 OCCURRED WHILE PREPARING FOR TOMORROW, AND IT COULD NOT BE RESOLVED BY USING THE RECOVER FAULT BUTTON OR PERFORMING A POWER CYCLE. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (TSE) CONFIRMED ERROR 32056 ON UNIVERSAL SURGICAL MANIPULATOR (USM) 2 AXES CONTROLLER ARM (ACA). THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
269245 DAVINCI XI PATIENT SIDE CART, 4-ARM NAY INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC 380652-51 00886874110720

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown DA VINCI INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES