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 2955842-2026-21912 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED ABDOMINOPERINEAL PROCEDURE, ONE OF THE JAWS, SPECIFICALLY PART OF THE POSTERIOR PINCER OF THE JAW, ON THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT BROKE, CAME LOOSE, AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE FRAGMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED DURING THE SA
| 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 |