510(k) clearance
da Vinci SP Surgical System (SP1098)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 23 July 2021 · K211316
- Decision
- Unknown
- Decision date
- 23 July 2021
- Application received
- 30 April 2021
- 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.