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Da vinci surgical systems
Official notice
9 Mar 2023
Last checked
9 Mar 2023
An official Health Canada notice concerns Da vinci surgical systems. An increase in reports in which a loose instrument carriage is observed on the universal side manipulator (usm) or the instrument arm of the Da Vinci X and Xi systems. The loose instrument carriage is an outcome of a linear rail component being out of specification. The loose instrument carriage makes it possible for the carriage to wobble along the linear rail in response to force applied to the carriage or to the shaft of an installed instrument. Recall start date: February 23, 2023 Published 2023-03-09.
What to do now
CAPA 552131 started to address issue. Customers provided with further instructions in response.
Recall number
73120
Official notice
2023-03-09
The hazard
The hazard
An increase in reports in which a loose instrument carriage is observed on the universal side manipulator (usm) or the instrument arm of the Da Vinci X and Xi systems. The loose instrument carriage is an outcome of a linear rail component being out of specification. The loose instrument carriage makes it possible for the carriage to wobble along the linear rail in response to force applied to the carriage or to the shaft of an installed instrument. Recall start date: February 23, 2023
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Brand: Intuitive Surgical, Da Vinci Surgical.
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