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Event 68814

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 02, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • 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

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EndoWrist Stapler System User Manual Addendum and Wall Chart; The EndoWrist Stapler 45 System and EndoWrist Stapler 45 Reloads are intended to be used with the da Vinci Si Surgical System (Model IS3000) for resection, transection and/or creation of anastomoses in General, Gynecologic and Urologic surgery. The device can be used with staple line or tissue buttressing material (natural or synthetic).

Z-2171-2014
Recall number
Z-2171-2014
Initiated
June 02, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Quantity
2

App-derived interpretation

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Changes were made to the Stapler EndoWrist Stapler 45 System Instruments and Accessories User Manual Addendum (550986-03) and the EndoWrist Stapler 45 Wall Chart (PN 551524-01) in which the pH range specification for the enzymatic cleaner used throughout the cleaning process was modified from pH-neutral to pH-neutral to mild alkaline (mild alkaline is defined as pHd11). Mild Alkaline enzymatic

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Reason for recall

Changes were made to the Stapler EndoWrist Stapler 45 System Instruments and Accessories User Manual Addendum (550986-03) and the EndoWrist Stapler 45 Wall Chart (PN 551524-01) in which the pH range specification for the enzymatic cleaner used throughout the cleaning process was modified from pH-neutral to pH-neutral to mild alkaline (mild alkaline is defined as pHd11). Mild Alkaline enzymatic

Code information

Model number 410298-05 and 410298-06

Distribution pattern

Distribution to Florida and South Carolina