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      "country": "United States",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "address_1": "1266 Kifer Rd Bldg 100",
      "reason_for_recall": "Correction due to a fault that causes distal SUJ (DSUJ) failures that indicates a mismatch between the positions reported by the redundant position sensors on one of the patient cart arm joints.",
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      "product_quantity": "167 total affected da Vinci XI systems",
      "code_info": "Material number: 380663-20;  Serial numbers: 1311140532, 1311140035, 1311140475, 1311140424,   1311140196, 1311140146, 1311140252, 1311140010, 1311140289, 1311140578, 1311140435, 1311140349, 1311140411, 1311140389,  1311140156, 1311140198, 1311140452, 1311140186, 1311140554  1311140335, 1311140249.  Material number 380663-21:  Serial numbers: 1311140047, 1311140541, 1311140181, 1311140352  1311140023, 1311140165, 1311140159, 1311140126, 1311140571,  1311140397, 1311140130, 1311140318, 1311140180, 1311140151  1311140375, 1311140428, 1311140528, 1311140263, 1311140169  1311140443, 1311140537, 1311140544, 1311140419, 1311140006  1311140583, 1311140173, 1311140154.",
      "center_classification_date": "20150320",
      "distribution_pattern": "Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.",
      "state": "CA",
      "product_description": "da Vinci Xi Surgical System, IS4000;  ASSY,DISTAL SUJ,OUTER,IS4000,  Material number: 380663-20 and 380663-21.     The Intuitive Surgical Endoscope Instrument Control System (da Vinci Surgical System, Model IS4000) is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical Endocopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders,  endscopic retractors, electrocautery and accessories for edoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximations, ligation, electrocautery, suturing and delivery and placement of microware and cryogenic ablation probes and accessories, during urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic labaroscopic surgical  procedures, general thorascopic surgical procedures and thorascopically-assisted cardiotomy procedures.",
      "report_date": "20150401",
      "classification": "Class II",
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      "recalling_firm": "Intuitive Surgical, Inc.",
      "recall_number": "Z-1303-2015",
      "initial_firm_notification": "Letter",
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      "termination_date": "20150908",
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      "recall_initiation_date": "20150303",
      "postal_code": "94086-5304",
      "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
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