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Asensus Surgical

Products: Surgical robot. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 22.1/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 13 of 25 among Medical robotics companies with incidents (173 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record shows one entry: a Class I recall of the Senhance surgical robot for unintended arm movement, dated September 2023. Class I is the FDA's highest-severity recall category, denoting a defect with potential for serious injury or death, consistent with the severity-3 coding here. Asensus Surgical's index of 22.1 ranks 13 of 25 companies in Medical robotics with incident history. The record is a single regulator-driven action; no repeat incidents or additional events are recorded.

Risk index

22.1/100RobotRisk index
22.1/100Median index across the 25 Medical robotics companies with incident history (173 tracked, 148 with none)
13 of 25Rank in Medical robotics (of 25 with incident history)
ElevatedRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
recall1100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S315 Sep 2023 recall Class I recall of Senhance surgical robot over unintended arm movement · 5 devices in the US, distributed April-September 2023 FDA
S3 15 Sep 2023 · recall · Class I recall of Senhance surgical robot over unintended arm movement
Location not specified1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S315 Sep 2023Class I recall of Senhance surgical robot over unintended arm movementFDA

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