Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: Medical Device Recall in 2015 - (Recall #: Z-0940-2015)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2015.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

IS3000 Vision Side Cart (VSC) used in conjunction with the da Vinci Si Surgical System IS3000. Product number 371683-05/Model Number VS3000 The Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System (Intuitive Surgical da Vinci Surgical System Model IS3000) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, ultrasonic shears, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, stabilizers, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave and cryogenic ablation probes and accessories, during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general cardiovascular and noncardiovascular thoracoscopic surgical procedures and thoracoscopically-assisted cardiotomy procedures.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: December 5, 2014

Date Posted: January 14, 2015

Recall Number: Z-0940-2015

Event ID: 69902

Reason for Recall:

Intuitive Surgical is initiating a voluntary correction related to da Vinci Si System (IS3000) Vision Side Carts, with threaded-in caster wheels, which can result in the caster wheel bolts gradually unthreading and the wheels loosening.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 202

Code Information:

Product number 371683-05/Model Number VS3000 Serial numbers - USA: SH0018, SH0057, SH0097, SH0132, SH0165, SH0235, SH0019, SH0058, SH0098, SH0133, SH0167, SH0248, SH0021, SH0059, SH0099, SH0134, SH0168, USG015, SH0024, SH0060, SH0100, SH0135, SH0169, USG072, SH0025,SH0064, SH0101, SH0136, SH0170, USG146, SH0026, SH0065, SH0102, SH0137,SH0171, USG213, SH0029, SH0066, SH0103, SH0138, SH0172, USG317, SH0030, SH0067, SH0104, SH0139, SH0175, USG352, SH0031, SH0068, SH0105, SH0140, SH0177, USG353, SH0032, SH0069, SH0106 ,SH0141, SH0179 ,USG445, SH0033, SH0070, SH0107, SH0142, SH0180, USG519, SH0035, SH0071, SH0109, SH0143, SH0182, USG559, SH0036, SH0072, SH0110, SH0144, SH0184, USG631,SH0038, SH0073, SH0112, SH0145, SH0185, USG700, SH0039, SH0076, SH0113, SH0146, SH0186, USG701,SH0040, SH0077, SH0115, SH0147, SH0187, USG702, SH0041, SH0078, SH0117, SH0149, SH0188 ,USG703, SH0042, SH0079, SH0118, SH0150, SH0189, USG721, SH0044, SH0080, SH0119, SH0151, SH0190 ,USG728, SH0045, SH0081, SH0120, SH0152, SH0194, USG748, SH0046, SH0082, SH0121, SH0153, SH0196, USG750, SH0047, SH0085, SH0123, SH0154, SH020,2 USG764, SH0048, SH0088, SH0124, SH0155, SH0203, USG769, SH0050, SH0089, SH0125, SH0156, SH0204, USG770, SH0051 SH0090 SH0126 SH0157 SH0206 USG775, SH0052, SH0091, SH0127, SH0158, SH0211, USG786, SH0053, SH0092, SH0128, SH0159, SH0215,, USG787, SH0054, SH0094, SH0129, SH0160, SH0216, USG788, SH0055, SH0095, SH0130, SH0163, SH0223, SH0056, SH0096, SH0131, SH0164, SH0224, Out of US: SH0034,USG217, SH0086, SH0087, SH0028,SH0084,SH0111, SH0191, USG754, SH0114, SH0116, SH0063, SH0148, USG484, USG727, SH0161, SH0162, SH0061, SH0093, SH0238, USG726, SH0062, SH0037, USG806.

Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Belgium, France, Germany, Romania, India, Israel, Italy, South Korea, Norway, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and United Kingdom.

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated