Recall
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…
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 9 May 2014
- Status
- Recall terminated
- Why, in the FDA's words
- “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.”
- Recall began
- 9 May 2014
- Company
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Device type
- Robot-assisted surgical systems (computer-controlled instruments) (NAY)
- Concerns
- K131861
What it means
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The record
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