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Kinova Jaco assistive robotic arm - FDA Class I correction for fire/burn hazard
S1 · 19 Aug 2024 · Kinova Robotics
Record
| Company | Kinova Robotics |
| Industry | Machinery OEM |
| Type(s) | recall |
| Date | 19 Aug 2024 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability) |
| Scale | All lots/serial numbers of affected Jaco arm models |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
FDA issued a Class I correction (most serious recall category) for Kinova's Jaco assistive robotic arm after finding that damage to the arm's outer coating could, in contact with an electrically leaking powered wheelchair, create a fire and burn hazard; no injuries or deaths were reported and it was a voluntary correction rather than a field failure.
Primary source
FDA Medical Device Recalls and Early Alerts
Publisher: FDA Medical Device Recalls and Early Alerts · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2024 | Kinova Jaco assistive robotic arm - FDA Class I correction for fire/burn hazard | FDA Medical Device Recalls and Early Alerts | FDA Medical Device Recal |
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recall context
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