S3 · 01/2026 · Intuitive Surgical
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | medical robotics |
| Type | injury |
| Date | 01/2026 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | MDR 2955842-2025-50490 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE TIP COVER SLIPPED OFF THE MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS (MCS) INSTRUMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCEDURE AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. IT WAS RETRIEVED BY THE ASSISTANT ON THE SPOT. BOTH THE INSTRUMENT AND THE MCS
| 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 |