Use cautionMedical device recall · FDA · Published March 13, 2024
Intuitive Surgical da Vinci SP Patient Cart Recall: Risk of Tissue Injury or Pinching
Intuitive Surgical recalls Patient Cart Part 380601 for da Vinci SP Surgical System Model SP1098. Inadequately welded belts may cause tissue injuries or pinching injuries to the user during surgery.
Surgical system may have inadequately welded top and/or bottom belts in the link 2 of the entry guide manipulator assembly/instrument arm joints, that may cause the following, 1) Top Failure: internal tissue injuries, body wall injury or emergent conversion to open surgery, 2) Bottom failure: pinching injury to the user with no harm to the patient.
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📍Recalling firmIntuitive Surgical, Inc.1266 Kifer Rd · Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5304
“Intuitive Surgical da Vinci SP Patient Cart Recall: Risk of Tissue Injury or Pinching.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/55892-intuitive-surgical-da-vinci-sp-patient-cart-recall-risk-of. Based on FDA recall #Z-1518-2024 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-1518-2024%22&limit=1).
The FDA announced on March 13, 2024, that Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is recalling the Patient Cart (Part 380601), a component of the da Vinci SP Surgical System, due to inadequately welded belts that may cause tissue injuries or user pinching. Owners should contact the company for remedy details.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Intuitive Surgical
Product: Patient Cart, Part 380601, component of da Vinci SP Surgical System
The surgical system may have inadequately welded top and/or bottom belts in the link 2 of the entry guide manipulator assembly/instrument arm joints. This defect may cause internal tissue injuries, body wall injury, or emergent conversion to open surgery from top failure, or pinching injury to the user with no harm to the patient from bottom failure.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Intuitive Surgical, Inc. has 53 other recalls on record since June 1, 2017. Other recent recalls of similar products include Da Vinci 5 dV5 Tower NIR Handheld Camera Recall (April 24, 2026), Intuitive Surgical Da Vinci Surgical System Recall (April 22, 2026), and Da Vinci X and Xi Surgical Systems Recall (April 2, 2026). Other recent recalls of similar products include Katalyst Surgical DEX Ophthalmic Tissue Forceps Recall (March 25, 2026), Vortex Surgical TID Pharos Illuminated Depressor Recall (December 16, 2025), and Olympus HX-400U-30 Ligating Device Recall (October 30, 2025).
How to tell if you have this one
Check if your da Vinci SP Surgical System Model SP1098 includes Patient Cart part 380601 with serial numbers listed in the recall notice. The part number is 380601 and the system model is SP1098.
Brand
Intuitive Surgical
Category
Medical device
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Patient Cart Part
Verify if your da Vinci SP Surgical System Model SP1098 includes Patient Cart part 380601 with the listed serial numbers.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in 21 states, and outside the U.S.
Listed by the agency
Not listed
FDA distribution: “US: VA, CA, NH, FL, NY, CO, AL, KY, MD, NC, NJ, OH, SC, SD, TN, WA, WI, WV, MS, TX, KS. OUS: China, France, Japan, South Korea” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Recall timeline
FDA published this recall 35 days after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
Official source: FDA Recall #Z-1518-2024 (March 13, 2024) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-1518-2024 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 19, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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