RobotRisk / Intuitive Surgical / 18 Mar 2026
FDA issues emergency alert on da Vinci-compatible surgical stapler reloads after 1 death, 4 injuries
S4 · 18 Mar 2026 · Intuitive Surgical · USA
Record
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | Medical robotics |
| Type(s) | regulatory |
| Date | 18 Mar 2026 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | USA |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
The FDA issued an emergency alert for surgical stapler reloads used with da Vinci robotic surgical systems after reports of 1 death and 4 injuries.
Primary source
Publisher: HealthExec · Retrieved: 2026-09-13
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2026 | FDA issues emergency alert on da Vinci-compatible surgical stapler reloads after 1 death, 4 injuries | HealthExec | HealthExec |
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Other Intuitive Surgical entries
- 11 Mar 2026 - Class I recall of da Vinci SureForm stapler reloads after patient death
- 26 Feb 2025 - Class II recall of da Vinci 5 foot pedal over spring failure
- ~2025 - 2015-2025 MAUDE study finds continued adverse event rate in da Vinci procedures
- ~Sep 2021 - Lawsuit: da Vinci surgical robot burned woman's small intestine
- ~2013 - 14-year FDA MAUDE analysis finds 144 deaths, 1,391 injuries in robotic surgery (2000-2013)
- not documented - Class II recall of da Vinci reusable instruments (forceps, scissors, drivers, graspers) over cable fraying
- not documented - NBC News 10-year MAUDE analysis of da Vinci adverse events
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