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Event 68593

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket: April 27, 2012
Product types: Device
Classifications: Class II
Statuses: Terminated
Recalling firm wording: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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Patient Side Cart Battery Box used in conjunction with the da Vinci A surgical system. Intuitive Surgical Inc. Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Z-1994-2014

Recall number: Z-1994-2014
Initiated: April 27, 2012
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recalling firm: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Quantity: 2606

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

Patient Side Cart battery boxes may overheat in rare charging conditions, causing battery bulging.

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Device Design

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Reason for recall

Patient Side Cart battery boxes may overheat in rare charging conditions, causing battery bulging.

Code information

Material number 371268-02 - al lots.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution.