S1 · 08/19
2024 ·
Kinova Robotics
| Company | Kinova Robotics |
| Category | machinery oem |
| Type | recall |
| Date | 08/19 2024 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S1 (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability) |
| Scale | All lots/serial numbers of affected Jaco arm models |
| Confidence | high |
| Verification | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
| Source | FDA Medical Device Recalls and Early Alerts |
FDA issued a Class I correction (most serious recall category) for Kinova's Jaco assistive robotic arm after finding that damage to the arm's outer coating could, in contact with an electrically leaking powered wheelchair, create a fire and burn hazard; no injuries or deaths were reported and it was a voluntary correction rather than a field failure.