S3 · 03/2024 · Intuitive Surgical
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | medical robotics |
| Type | injury |
| Date | 03/2024 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | MDR 2955842-2024-11971 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, A PLASTIC PART OF THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE CUSTOMER WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE FRAGMENT DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. THE CUSTOMER USED AN UNSPECIFIED BACKUP INSTRUMENT TO CONTINUE C
| 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 |