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 2955842-2026-20791 |
| 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 CUSTOMER THOUGHT THE BROKEN PIECE WAS CHAR FROM CAUTERY. THE CUSTOMER WAS ABLE TO GRAB IT AND REMOVE IT FROM THE PATIENT. THEY REALIZED IT WAS RUBBERY INSTEAD OF CHAR. AT THE END OF THE CASE THE SURGICAL TECH
| 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 |