FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: 8mm EndoWrist Bipolar Maryland Instrument, Part Number: 400172-04, Distributed and Manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 950 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA
- Recall number
- Z-0660-2007
- Recalling firm
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Product
- 8mm EndoWrist Bipolar Maryland Instrument, Part Number: 400172-04, Distributed and Manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 950 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2005-03-24
- Posted
- 2007-03-28
- Terminated
- 2007-11-28
- Reason
- The products were incorrectly programmed as training instruments, which allows for 30 uses (surgical procedures) instead of 10 uses.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- The firm initiated its recall in March 24, 2005, when the firm sent a letter via Federal Express mail to all 18 consignees, informing them of the issue, how to identify affected product, and instructions to return the affected instruments for a full credit. The form included a reply form that consignees were requested to fill out and return.
- Quantity
- 8
- Distribution
- Product was distributed to 12 consignees in the US, who received 19 instruments, in FL, IN, LA, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, TN and TX. In addition, 5 consignees outside the US received product as well, in Italy, Sweden, France, Singapore and Germany.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- The 8mm EndoWrist Bipolar Maryland Instrument is manufactured in lots, and traceability is maintained for each lot. A two digit unique identifier is added to the lot number label on the instruments, and programming records are traceable to these identifiers. The following 8 instruments from lot # 0503051 are affected: 0503051 66, 0503051 67, 0503051 68, 0503051 69, 0503051 70, 0503051 71, 0503051 72, and 0503051 73.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K012833"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- NAY
- Firm FEI
- 3001675293
- Firm city
- Sunnyvale
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
Unless otherwise noted, the content, data, documentation, code, and related materials on openFDA is public domain and made available with a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
Cite as
FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28