Recall
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Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 17 March 2022
- Status
- Recall open, classified
- Why, in the FDA's words
- “As a result of complaint data review, it identified tissue pushout events occurring during firing of the SureForm stapler when tissue is pushed distally within the jaws, rather than being held in place and transected. Overall rate of harm associated with bleeding of critical severity exceeds the predicted likelihood of harm as documented within Intuitive s existing risk documentation.”
- Recall began
- 17 March 2022
- Company
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Device type
- Robot-assisted surgical systems (computer-controlled instruments) (NAY)
What it means
A recall is the FDA's record that a company is correcting or removing a device because of a problem. Many are fixed with a software update or new instructions; the record does not say whether anyone was hurt. See our plain guide to FDA terms.
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.