—#150460

Product

da Vinci Xi" Surgical System, model number IS4000, A70_P5x with P5 Software; General and Plastic Surgery: The Intuitive Surgical Endoscope Instrument Control System (da Vinci Surgical System, Model IS4000) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximations, ligation, electrocautery, suturing and delivery and placement of microware and cryogenic ablation probes and accessories, during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general thoracoscopic surgical procedures and thoracoscopically-assisted cardiotomy procedures.

FDA product code: NAY — System, Surgical, Computer Controlled Instrument
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Gastroenterology, Urology
510(k) numbers: K131861
Affected lot / code info: All systems manufactured with or upgraded to P5 software.

Why it was recalled

Intuitive Surgical has identified a software anomaly in the da Vinci Xi P5 software that can result in unexpected master movement and potential instrument tip movement under certain circumstances

Root cause (FDA determination)

Software design

Action the firm took

Urgent Medical Device Correction letters were sent on October 12, 2016 by traceable method to all affected customers. Letters notify customers of the issue and provided instructions to prevent it from happening until ISI software can install new software upgrade in 1st Q 2017.

Recalling firm

Firm: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Address: 1266 Kifer Rd, Bldg 100, Sunnyvale, California 94086-5304

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2016-10-05
Posted by FDA: 2016-10-26
Terminated: 2017-05-01
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #150460. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.