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 MW5105430 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
ROBOTIC CASE IN PROGRESS WITH 45 MM STAPLER. STAPLER CLAMPED DOWN ON TISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DISCONNECT. SURGEON PRESSED EMERGENCY RELEASE BUTTON ON CONSOLE AND ASSIST USED EMERGENCY SCREW TO UNLOCK STAPLER FROM PATIENT WITH NO SUCCESS. DAVINCI REP CALLED AND CAME IN TO ASSIST
| 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 |