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# FDA Clears a TransEnterix Robot Surgical System
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-clears-a-transenterix-robot-surgical-system/
- Published: 2017-10-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:55:56.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5139865

FDA has cleared a TransEnterix Surgical 510(k) for the Senhance System, a new robotically-assisted surgical device (RASD) for use in minimally invasive surgery. “RASD enables the surgeon to use computer and software technology to control and move surgical instruments through one or more tiny incisions in the patient’s body (laparoscopic surgery) in a variety of surgical procedures or operations,” the agency says in a [news release](https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm580452.htm?ref=fdaweb.com).  

The device allows surgeons to sit at a console unit that provides a 3-D high-definition view of the surgical field and allows them to control three separate robotic arms remotely. The end of each arm is fitted with surgical instruments that are based on traditional laparoscopic instrument designs, the agency says. “The system also includes unique technological characteristics: force feedback, which helps the surgeon ‘feel’ the stiffness of tissue being grasped by the robotic arm; eye-tracking, which helps control movement of the surgical tools and laparoscopic-type controls similar to traditional surgical equipment,” it adds.