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da Vinci S Surgical System (IS4000) user manual English and OUS. Product Usage: 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...

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

Intuitive Surgical has found that the use of instruments other than the Cardiac Probe Grasper (e.g. Large Needle Driver Instrument) to manipulate the ablation probes during cardiac surgery can result in an increase of microscopic metallic particulates generated from the contact with the probes.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

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Recall history

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da Vinci S Surgical System (IS4000) user manual English and OUS. Product Usage: 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... — Recall Details · AllClear