S3 · 04/2026 · Intuitive Surgical
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | medical robotics |
| Type | injury |
| Date | 04/2026 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | MDR 2955842-2026-21384 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT WAS RECEIVED FOR FAILURE ANALYSIS. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED NO SIGNS OF PHYSICAL DAMAGE. NO THERMAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON THE CUTTING ELECTRODE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS NO MISSING CERAMIC DOT, DAMAGED JAW COVER, CABLE DAMAGE, OR MISSING MATERIAL FROM T
| 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 |