510(k) clearance
INTUITIVE SURGICAL ENDOWRIST STABILIZER, MODEL 420182
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 10 April 2006 · K060391
- Decision
- Cleared: the FDA found it substantially equivalent to a device already on the market
- Decision date
- 10 April 2006
- Application received
- 15 Feb 2006
- Company
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Device type
- Robot-assisted surgical systems (computer-controlled instruments) (NAY)
What it means
A 510(k) clearance means the FDA agreed the device is as safe and effective as one already on the market, so it may be sold in the US. It is not an approval and not a finding that it works better than surgery without a robot. See FDA clearance, explained.
The record
The FDA publishes this record in its public device database. The summary documents the company filed, when available, are linked from the FDA's page.