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Isi has not received the suspect reload involved with the alleged issue to perform failure analysis.A follow-up mdr will be submitted if the product is returned (post failure analysis evaluation) or if additional information is received.Additionally, isi received the curved-tip stapler 30 instrument for evaluation.Visual inspection displayed no signs of physical damage.The instrument was placed and driven on an in-house system.The instrument passed the recognition and engagement tests.The stapler was tested, and the instrument initialized, clamped, fired, and unclamped without any issues.The missing patient information in sections a and b was either unknown, unavailable, not provided, or not applicable.The expiration date for section d4 is not applicable.Field d6 is blank because the product is not implantable.Information for the blank fields in section e1 is not available.Field e4 is blank because it is unknown if the initial reporter submitted a report to the fda.Fields g5 and g7 are not applicable.
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It was reported that during a da vinci-assisted pulmonary lobectomy surgical procedure, the curved tip stapler 30 instrument installed with a reload was fired and the site alleged that the staples did not form correctly.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 are available regarding the reported event.
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