---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001035267-21-000174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISRG"
cik: "0001035267"
company_name: "INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:51:16.404539+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Intuitive Surgical Q3 rev $1.40B (+30% YoY), EPS $1.04; names Jamie Samath CFO

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $1.40B (+30% YoY); GAAP net income $381M ($1.04 diluted EPS); non-GAAP $435M ($1.19 diluted EPS).
- Worldwide da Vinci procedures up ~20% YoY; 336 systems shipped (+72% YoY); installed base 6,525 (+11%).
- Leadership changes effective Jan 1, 2022: Jamie Samath promoted to CFO; Marshall Mohr to Global Business Services; Dave Rosa to Strategy & Growth; Henry Charlton to CCO.
- Cash and investments $8.2B at quarter end; stock split approved (trading split-adjusted Oct 5).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001035267-21-000174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISRG
- cik: 0001035267
- company_name: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526721000174/0001035267-21-000174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526721000174/isrg-20211019.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035267-21-000174
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035267-21-000174.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035267-21-000174.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jamie Samath was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Jamie Samath as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526721000174/0001035267-21-000174-index.htm
- Executive change
  Fredrik Widman was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC.
  - Action: will serve as
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Fredrik Widman will serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035267/000103526721000174/0001035267-21-000174-index.htm

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