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Event 85293

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 01, 2019
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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da Vinci SP surgical system

Z-2260-2020
Recall number
Z-2260-2020
Initiated
April 01, 2019
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Quantity
17

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
software anomaly. This issue

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Software design

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Reason for recall

Intuitive has become aware that the da Vinci SP system may trigger a mechanical vibration of the instrument tips and endoscope due to a software anomaly. This issue has the potential to occur only under the following, extremely rare specific conditions: 1) the user is activating Adjust Mode, AND 2) the instrument Arm is near its vertical position limit, AND 3) the user is applying sustained force against the hand control haptic feedback.

Code information

Serial Numbers: SP0022, SP0031, SP0023, SP0032, SP0024, SP0034, SP0025, SP0035, SP0026, SP0036, SP0027, SP0037, SP0028, SP0038, SP0029, SP0039, SP0030

Distribution pattern

U.S.: OH, PN, NY, MN, TN, TX, OR, IL, MD, NJ, AL. O.U.S.: South Korea

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