S3 · 02/2022 · Intuitive Surgical
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | medical robotics |
| Type | injury |
| Date | 02/2022 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | MDR 2955842-2022-10223 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED LIVER RESECTION SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT¿S BLADE BROKE OFF WHILE THE SURGEON WAS MARKING LIVER TISSUE WITH OPENED JAWS. THE INSTRUMENT WAS ONLY IN USE FOR FIVE MINUTES. THE FRAGMENT WAS RETRIEVED IN THE SAME P
| Sev | Date | Company | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 2015-06-30 | Hocoma | Proximal tibia fracture in a patient with incomplete spinal cord injury associated with robotic treadmill training |