Brand Name: Ion Endoluminal System Product Name: Ion Vision Probe Bag Model/Catalog Number: 490127 Software Version: N/A Product Description: The Ion Endoluminal System is a robotically assisted platform for minimally invasive peripheral lung biopsy. Ion consists of a System Cart and Controller that are used to navigate a flexible Catheter within the pulmonary tract using endoscopic visualization for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The Ion Fully Articulating Catheter (referred to as the Catheter) consists of the housing, sensor, input discs, shaft, tool channel, and tip. The Catheter is installed on the carriage of the arm. The Catheter is provided non-sterile and is a multi-use device. The Ion Peripheral Vision Probe (referred to as the Vision Probe or VP) is an endoscope that is compatible with, and inserted into, the Catheter tool channel. The VP provides direct visualization of the patient s airways during navigation. The VP attaches to the arm and has a collar that is rotated and then pulled to release it from the arm. The VP is provided non-sterile and is a multi-use device that can be used up to 5 times. The Vision Probe Bag (referred to as VPB) installs over the Instrument Arm for temporary storage of the VP when it is not inserted within the Catheter tool channel. The VPB is a single-use device provided sterile (folded within a pouch) by Ethylene Oxide (EO) sterilization method. Refer to HHE for additional details. Component: N/A
FDA recall Z-1134-2026 — Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is recalling Brand Name: Ion Endoluminal System Product Name: Ion Vision Probe Bag Model/Catalog Number: 490127 Software Version: N/A Product Description: The Ion Endoluminal System is a robotically assisted platform for minimally invasive peripheral lung biopsy. Ion consists of a System Cart and Controller that are used to navigate a flexible Catheter within the pulmonary tract using endoscopic visualization for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The Ion Fully Articulating Catheter (referred to as the Catheter) consists of the housing, sensor, input discs, shaft, tool channel, and tip. The Catheter is installed on the carriage of the arm. The Catheter is provided non-sterile and is a multi-use device. The Ion Peripheral Vision Probe (referred to as the Vision Probe or VP) is an endoscope that is compatible with, and inserted into, the Catheter tool channel. The VP provides direct visualization of the patient s airways during navigation. The VP attaches to the arm and has a collar that is rotated and then pulled to release it from the arm. The VP is provided non-sterile and is a multi-use device that can be used up to 5 times. The Vision Probe Bag (referred to as VPB) installs over the Instrument Arm for temporary storage of the VP when it is not inserted within the Catheter tool channel. The VPB is a single-use device provided sterile (folded within a pouch) by Ethylene Oxide (EO) sterilization method. Refer to HHE for additional details. Component: N/A (Devices, Class II). The enforcement record is RECORDED; the classification is a DETERMINATION (FDA's regulatory verdict); the boundary is INTERPRETATION (a recall ≠ harm to a specific person). Source: openFDA. CC0.
openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports
FDA recall Z-1134-2026: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is recalling Brand Name: Ion Endoluminal System Product Name: Ion Vision Probe Bag Model/Catalog Number: 490127 Software Version: N/A Product Description: The Ion Endoluminal System is a robotically assisted platform for minimally invasive peripheral lung biopsy. Ion consists of a System Cart and Controller that are used to navigate a flexible Catheter within the pulmonary tract using endoscopic visualization for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The Ion Fully Articulating Catheter (referred to as the Catheter) consists of the housing, sensor, input discs, shaft, tool channel, and tip. The Catheter is installed on the carriage of the arm. The Catheter is provided non-sterile and is a multi-use device. The Ion Peripheral Vision Probe (referred to as the Vision Probe or VP) is an endoscope that is compatible with, and inserted into, the Catheter tool channel. The VP provides direct visualization of the patient s airways during navigation. The VP attaches to the arm and has a collar that is rotated and then pulled to release it from the arm. The VP is provided non-sterile and is a multi-use device that can be used up to 5 times. The Vision Probe Bag (referred to as VPB) installs over the Instrument Arm for temporary storage of the VP when it is not inserted within the Catheter tool channel. The VPB is a single-use device provided sterile (folded within a pouch) by Ethylene Oxide (EO) sterilization method. Refer to HHE for additional details. Component: N/A
openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports — U.S. FDA
A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports — U.S. FDA; superseded when openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports — U.S. FDA publishes its next release.
FDA classified recall Z-1134-2026 as Class II
The FDA assigned this recall Class II: Class II — the FDA judged the product may cause temporary or medically reversible harm, with a remote chance of serious harm.. This is the FDA's official risk classification — its regulatory DETERMINATION of the hazard category (a verdict constituted by the FDA's recognition, occurred=FALSE), adjudged=TRUE because the FDA issued it. It is NOT a measurement of harm to any specific person.
U.S. FDA recall classification (openFDA enforcement)
occurred=FALSE: a regulatory DETERMINATION (an authority's classification/judgment) has NO material truthmaker independent of recognition — it is constituted by U.S. FDA recall classification (openFDA enforcement)'s say-so (a Searle institutional fact), not measured. adjudged=TRUE because U.S. FDA recall classification (openFDA enforcement) (an external authority) issued it. Distinct from a recorded measurement (which has an independent truthmaker) and from a modeled figure (a computed quantity, not a verdict). Challengeable; superseded if the authority reclassifies.
A recall is a RECORDED FDA enforcement action — the FDA logged that a firm is removing or correcting a product, classed by the FDA's risk judgment. It does NOT establish that any specific unit is affected or caused harm; causation is not established. This record informs and compares — it is NOT medical advice and does not tell anyone to start or stop a drug or device. For a medical decision, route to the FDA recall record and a licensed pharmacist or prescriber.
Atlas Commons L5 boundary (enforcement-action ≠ harm causation)
a recorded enforcement action, not proof of harm or causation; not medical advice
occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not.
Ongoing — the recall is still being carried out.
Due to probe bags that may have a compromised or incomplete sterile pouch seal.
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