FDA Enforcement
Class II
Terminated
Patient Side Cart assembly, 4-arm, for use with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. da Vinci Surgical System IS 4000. The patient-side cart is positioned at the operating room table and contains four arms that are positioned over the target patient anatomy. The endoscope attaches onto any arm. The patient-side assistant attaches/detaches the endoscope and instrument intra-operatively.
Recall: Z-1718-2014
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Reported June 11, 2014
Enforcement
- Recall Number
- Z-1718-2014
- Event ID
- 68358
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Product Type
- Devices
- Firm
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Voluntary / Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial Notification
- Other
- Report Date
- June 11, 2014
- Initiation Date
- May 9, 2014
- Classification Date
- June 4, 2014
- Termination Date
- June 4, 2014
- Address
- 1266 Kifer Rd Bldg 100, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086-5304, United States
Description
Patient Side Cart assembly, 4-arm, for use with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. da Vinci Surgical System IS 4000. The patient-side cart is positioned at the operating room table and contains four arms that are positioned over the target patient anatomy. The endoscope attaches onto any arm. The patient-side assistant attaches/detaches the endoscope and instrument intra-operatively.
Reason
Torque wrenches used to tighten certain PSC bolts were out of calibration. This could lead to over- or under-tightening of bolts that may result in system faults, mechanical sound (e.g. scraping, squeaking, rattling), cracks or vibration in the system.
Code Info
lot 380652-20
Distribution
Medical facilities in TX and FL
Quantity
2