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Event 84023

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 21, 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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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

da Vinci Xi Surgical System

Z-1960-2020
Recall number
Z-1960-2020
Initiated
November 21, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Quantity
74 USMs containing affected rotors.

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Due to a manufacturing variation in the arm that can result in a persistent recoverable fault error (error 23087) and loss of arm functionality prior or during surgery.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Due to a manufacturing variation in the arm that can result in a persistent recoverable fault error (error 23087) and loss of arm functionality prior or during surgery.

Code information

Model: IS4000 UDI: 00886874114216 Device Listing: D215864 For System Name and USM Serial Numbers, refer to: ISIFA2018-15-C 806.10 Report_Affected Products List - Copy" files in Associated Documents.

Distribution pattern

U.S.: CA, MD, NY, VA, IL, MI, DE, TX, FL, NJ, MA, KY and OH. O.U.S.: Australia, France, Germany and Japan.

device · product 2 of 2

da Vinci X Surgical System

Z-1961-2020
Recall number
Z-1961-2020
Initiated
November 21, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Quantity
74 USMs containing affected rotors

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Due to a manufacturing variation in the arm that can result in a persistent recoverable fault error (error 23087) and loss of arm functionality prior or during surgery.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Process control

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Due to a manufacturing variation in the arm that can result in a persistent recoverable fault error (error 23087) and loss of arm functionality prior or during surgery.

Code information

Model: IS4200 UDI: 00886874114216 Device Listing: D295931

Distribution pattern

U.S.: CA, MD, NY, VA, IL, MI, DE, TX, FL, NJ, MA, KY and OH. O.U.S.: Australia, France, Germany and Japan.