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FDA Alert: Intuitive Surgical Stapler Reload Recall Disrupts Robotic Surgery Workflows and OR Supply Chains
The FDA’s March 18, 2026 early alert involving Intuitive Surgical’s 8 mm SureForm 30 gray reloads for curved-tip staplers used with compatible da Vinci Surgical Systems. The FDA said the problem involves reports of incomplete staple lines on blood ve...
FDA Launches AEMS Adverse Event Look-Up Tool to Modernize Drug Safety Monitoring
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 11, 2026 launched a new adverse event look-up tool tied to a newly introduced platform described in early coverage as the FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS), marking a significant modernization o...
Philips SmartHeart Wins FDA Clearance to Simplify Cardiac MRI Planning with AI
A new artificial intelligence-based cardiac imaging tool from Philips has received U.S. regulatory clearance, adding momentum to the broader shift toward AI-assisted workflows in radiology and cardiology. On March 6, 2026, Philips announced that the ...
FDA Class I Recall: Olympus High-Flow Laparoscopic Insufflation Units Pulled Over Overpressure Risk
The U.S. surgical community is responding to a Class I medical device recall involving certain high-flow laparoscopic insufflation units manufactured by Olympus Corporation. The recall, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, affects spec...
Medline Sterile Saline Wound Wash Recall: Class II Sterility Concern Triggers OR and ASC Irrigation Stock Sweep
A product many perioperative teams treat as a low-risk staple—sterile saline wound wash/irrigation spray—just became a high-priority inventory check. The FDA’s recall database shows a Class II recall for Medline Sterile Saline Wound Wash, Cleansing &...
FDA GRAS Rule Under Scrutiny as RFK Jr. Targets Ultra-Processed Food Additive Oversight
A new federal health policy debate is intensifying after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signaled plans to scrutinize the FDA’s long-standing “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) rule — a regulatory framework that allows food manufacturers to self-certify cer...
FDA Issues New Wave of High-Risk Medical Device Recalls — What U.S. OR Supply Chains Must Do Now
February 2026 — United States — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently posted a series of high-risk medical–device recalls and early alerts across multiple product categories, including neurovascular implants, glucose sensors, anest...