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Asensus Surgical

Products: Surgical robot. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 38.6/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 98th percentile of 162 medical robotics companies.

Analyst brief

The record shows one entry: a Class I recall of the Senhance surgical robot for unintended arm movement, dated September 2023. Class I is the FDA's highest-severity recall category, denoting a defect with potential for serious injury or death, consistent with the severity-3 coding here. Asensus carries the highest index (38.9) and percentile (98.1, elevated band) among the medical-robotics entities listed, indicating a materially worse standing than category peers on this metric. The record is a single regulator-driven action; no repeat incidents or additional events are recorded.

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Incident log (1 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S409/2026 regulatory FDA MAUDE record 2020-2026: 0 death, 15 injury, 13 malfunction reports · 28 reports openFDA MAUDE
S309/15
2023
recall Class I recall of Senhance surgical robot over unintended arm movement · 5 devices in the US, distributed April… FDA
15 individual reports under the MAUDE regulator record (supporting filings, not counted as incidents)
SevDateTypeReportSource
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00008 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00008 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00003 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00003 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00005 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00005 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00004 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00004 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00010 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00010 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00007 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00007 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00015 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00015 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00002 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00002 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00011 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00011 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00014 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00014 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00009 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00009 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00006 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00006 openFDA MAUDE
S309/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00012 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00012 openFDA MAUDE
S301/2023 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2023-00001 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2023-00001 openFDA MAUDE
S303/2021 injury MAUDE injury report 3007593944-2021-00001 (Senhance) · MDR 3007593944-2021-00001 openFDA MAUDE

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