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Event 83994

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 04, 2018
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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device · product 1 of 1

Da Vinci Xi/X EndoWrist Monopolar Curved scissors (MCS), model number 470179-19, UDI: (00) 886874112298

Z-1105-2020
Recall number
Z-1105-2020
Initiated
December 04, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Quantity
286 Monopolar curved scissors

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
This recall is being initiated because lots of EndoWrist Monopolar Curved Scissor instruments are not recognized by the integrated electrosurgical unit, which prohibits the activation of monopolar energy from the surgeon console.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

This recall is being initiated because lots of EndoWrist Monopolar Curved Scissor instruments are not recognized by the integrated electrosurgical unit, which prohibits the activation of monopolar energy from the surgeon console.

Code information

Serial Number/Manufacturing Lot: N11181003, N11181004

Distribution pattern

US National Distribution Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming OUS:None