Intuitive Surgical receives FDA clearance of da Vinci SP surgical system

Intuitive announced that the Food and Drug Administration recently cleared the da Vinci SP surgical system for simple prostatectomy as a representative procedure, which expands the urologic surgical procedures cleared by FDA. Simple prostatectomy is a surgical procedure often used in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia or enlarged prostate. In this procedure, the surgeon removes the part of an enlarged prostate that is blocking the flow of urine. In the same action, the FDA cleared the da Vinci SP surgical system for transvesical approach to simple and radical prostatectomy using the da Vinci SP.