It was reported that during a da vinci-assisted surgical procedure, the 0-degree endoscope had a piece that popped off.
The procedure was completed with no reported injury.
Intuitive surgical, inc.
(isi) made multiple follow-up attempts to obtain additional information.
However, no further details have been received as of the date of this report.
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Intuitive surgical, inc.
(isi) received the 0-degree endoscope involved with this complaint and completed the device evaluation.
Failure analysis (fa) replicated/ confirmed the customer reported complaint.
The endoscope had the dislodged endoscope adapter (aea) retaining ring or screws and the root cause of this failure was due to manufacturing.
The endoscope had the cable integrity (visual damage) at zone b.
A review of the endoscope logs associated with this event has been performed.
Per logs, the endoscope (470057-08/936998) was last used on (b)(6) 2021 on system (b)(4).
The endoscope had 1950 uses remaining after the last procedural use.
A review of the site's complaint history does not show any additional complaints related to this product.
No image or video was provided for review.
This complaint is being reported due to the following conclusion: during failure analysis testing, the xi endoscope was found to have dislodged camera instrument adapter (aea) component with no evidence of mishandling or misuse.
A dislodged camera adapter and/or missing retaining ring results in poor camera control, which could result in unintuitive motion and subsequent tissue damage.
While there was no harm or injury to the patient, the reported failure mode could likely cause or contribute to an adverse event if it were to recur.
Follow-up was attempted, but the patient information was either unknown, unavailable, not provided, or not applicable.
The expiration date is not applicable.
The product is not implantable.
It is unknown if the initial reporter submitted a report to the fda.
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