MAUDE Adverse Event Report: INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC ENDOWRIST;DAVINCI SI; COBRA GRASPER

Model Number	420190-08
Medical Device Problem Code	Break (1069)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
Date of Event	04/09/2018
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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 still installed in the clevis.The clevis did not exhibit any damage or wear marks.Other cables at the wrist were not damaged.Isi has conducted a device history record (dhr) review for this device and did not find any non-conformances that were related to this reported event.The customer reported complaint does not itself constitute an mdr reportable event; however, the broken pitch cable found during failure analysis suggests that if the malfunction were to recur it could cause or contribute to an adverse event.
Event or Problem Description
It was reported that during a da vinci-assisted surgical procedure, the customer noted that the cobra grasper instrument had a broken wire.There was no report of fragment(s) falling inside the patient, patient harm, adverse outcome or injury.

• Brand Name: ENDOWRIST;DAVINCI SI
• Common Device Name: COBRA GRASPER
• Manufacturer (Section D): INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC; 950 kifer rd.; sunnyvale
• MDR Report Key: 7553997
• Report Number: 2955842-2018-10222
• Device Sequence Number: 178912
• Product Code: NAY
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00886874111598
• UDI-Public: (01)00886874111598(10)N10170919
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: TW
• PMA/510(K) Number: K050369
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: other
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 05/04/2018

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Model Number: 420190-08
• Device Lot Number: N10170919 772
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Device Returned to Manufacturer
• Date Returned to Manufacturer: 04/27/2018
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 05/04/2018
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 05/30/2018
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1