S3 · 11/2021 · Intuitive Surgical
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | medical robotics |
| Type | injury |
| Date | 11/2021 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | MDR MW5105440 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
A ROBOTIC FORCE BIPOLAR INSTRUMENT WAS USED DURING THE CASE. "A SPRING?" BROKE DURING THE CASE. AT FIRST IT WAS UNKNOWN IF ANY FRAGMENTS FELL OFF INTO THE PATIENT. AN X-RAY WAS ORDERED AND TAKEN. NO DENSITIES WERE SEEN ON THE X-RAY. A NEW INSTRUMENT WAS OPENED AND THE CASE WAS CO
| 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 |