S5 · 05/2021 · Intuitive Surgical
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | medical robotics |
| Type | fatality |
| Date | 05/2021 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S5 (fatality or catastrophic loss) |
| Scale | MDR 2955842-2021-10586 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
BASED ON THE CURRENT INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CUSTOMER REPORTED FAILURE MODE CANNOT BE DETERMINED OR IS UNKNOWN. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. UNABLE TO PERFORM SITE COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW AS THE SITE NAME/LOCATION
| Sev | Date | Company | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | Neuralink | Federal inquiry into Neuralink over animal deaths in implant testing |