Intuitive surgical, inc.(isi) received the instrument involved with this complaint and completed the device evaluation.Failure analysis confirmed the customer reported failure.The instrument was found to have a broken pitch cable at the distal clevis hub.The broken cable segment that contains the crimp was missing in the clevis.Missing crimp was approximately 0.046" x 0.032".The clevis did not exhibit any damage or wear marks.A device history record (dhr) review for this device was conducted and did not find any non-conformances that would affect any material of the final product and/or the quality or performance of the instrument.The customer reported complaint does not itself constitute a mdr reportable event; however, the broken pitch cable found during failure analysis evaluation could cause or contribute to an adverse event if the failure mode were to recur.
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It was reported that prior to the start of a da vinci-assisted surgical procedure, the tip-up fenestrated grasper instrument was ¿broken¿.The planned surgical procedure was completed and no patient harm, adverse outcome or injury was reported.There were no reports of any fragment(s) falling inside the patient.
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