Brand Name: da Vinci S, Si Grasping Retractor Instrument Product Name: da Vinci S, Si Grasping Retractor…
Medical device recall Z-1699-2026. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 8, 2026.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 8, 2026. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 20 states named
- 2660 how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Due to increased complaints for broken/frayed grip cables for reusable instruments.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brand Name: da Vinci S, Si Grasping Retractor Instrument Product Name: da Vinci S, Si Grasping Retractor Instrument Model/Catalog Number: 420278 Software Version: NA Product Description: EndoWrist Instruments or Da Vinci S/Si Reusable instruments, including blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, electrocautery and accessories are intended for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave and cryogenic ablation probes and accessories. Please refer to attached User Manual for additional details on intended use. All da Vinci S/Si reusable instruments with jaws use mechanical tungsten cables and pulleys to transmit motion from the input discs to the housing (on the proximal chassis), through the main shaft, and the distal instrument tip (inside the patient). Component: NA
2660, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Code: 420278: Grasping Retractor GTIN: 00886874111772 FDA Medical Device Listing Number: D088920 Material Number: 420278-04 Batch / System Numbers: M10110613 SH1182 M10120127 SH1182 M10120217 SH1182 M10120829 SH1182 M10130103 SH1182…
Every code shown here, 1,994 characters
Lot Code: 420278: Grasping Retractor GTIN: 00886874111772 FDA Medical Device Listing Number: D088920 Material Number: 420278-04 Batch / System Numbers: M10110613 SH1182 M10120127 SH1182 M10120217 SH1182 M10120829 SH1182 M10130103 SH1182 M10130114 SH1182 M11130404 SH1182 M10130527 SH1182 M10130606 SH1182 M10130909 SH1182 M10130925 SH1182 S10101229 SG704 S10110105 SG704 M10121214 SH0547 M10110118 SH0059 M10110613 SH0059 S10110819 SH0059 M10121122 SH0059 M10121214 SH0059 M10130114 SH0059 M10130220 SH0059 M10130319 SH0059 M11130404 SH0059 M10120912 SH1390 M10130730 USG721 M10130909 USG721 M10110307 SH0729 M10130214 SH0729 M11130404 SH0729 M10130617 SH0729 M10130628 SH0729 M10120127 SH1076 M10130307 SH1279 M10111028 SH0761 Material Number: 420278-06 Batch / System Numbers: M10140115 SH1182 N10140725 SH1182 N10140923 SH1182 N10150324 SH1182 N10150417 SH1182 N10150721 SH1182 N10150608 SH1182 N10150820 SH1182 N10151113 SH1182 N10151214 SH1182 N10151029 SH1182 N10160304 SH1182 N10151201 SH1182 N10141205 SH1182 N10160921 SH1182 N10161123 SH1182 N10170516 SH1182 N10170601 SH1182 N10170921 SH1182 N10171213 SH1182 N10171226 SH1182 N10180417 SH1182 N10140815 SG704 N10150210 SG704 N10150608 SG704 N10160203 SG704 N10170117 SG704 N10170921 SG704 N10170822 SG704 N10171002 SG704 N10171226 SG704 M10140306 SH0059 N10141205 SH0059 N10150605 SH0059 N10170213 SH0059 N10171213 SH0059 N10171117 SH1964 N10180417 SH1964 N10170310 USG294 M10140306 USG721 M10140319 USG721 N10170412 USG721 N10180117 USG721 N10150224 SH1378 N10160203 SH1378 M10140306 SH0729 N10140828 SH0729 N10150330 SH0729 N10150319 SH0729 N10150525 SH0729 N10151020 SH0729 N10160503 SH0729 N10160524 SH0729 N10180417 SH0729 N10141001 SH1076 N10141030 SH1076 N10151211 SH1604 N10160524 SH1604 N10160801 SH1604 N10160921 SH1604 N10171226 SH1604 N10160921 SH1385 N10161010 SH1385 N10161114 SH1385 N10171117 SH1385 Material Number: 420278-07 Batch / System Numbers: N10181219 SH1182 N10180906 SH1182 N10190423 SH1182 N10181114 SH1182…
FDA’s list runs to 2,247 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide - U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of CA, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA and WI. The countries of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
The states and territories these words name
20 states and territories.
Every one of them
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Dec 9, 2025.
- FDA classified it on Mar 30, 2026.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 8, 2026.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc., of Sunnyvale, CA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 2,247 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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