SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report: March 16, 2006
(Date
of
earliest event reported)
INTUITIVE
SURGICAL, INC.
(exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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000-30713
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77-0416458
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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Commission
File Number
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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950
Kifer Road
Sunnyvale,
California 94086
(Address
of Principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408)
523-2100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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Item
5.02. Appointment of Principal Officer.
On
March
16, 2006, Intuitive Surgical, Inc (the “Company”) announced the appointment of
Marshall L. Mohr, 50 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
A
copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated
herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Press
Release issued by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., dated March 16, 2006
(2)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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INTUITIVE
SURGICAL, INC.
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Date: March
16, 2006
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By
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/s/ LONNIE M.
SMITH
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Name: Lonnie
M. Smith
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Title:
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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(3)
EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Press
Release issued by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., dated March 16,
2006
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(4)
Exhibit
99.1
INTUITIVE
SURGICAL NAMES MARSHALL L. MOHR AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
SUNNYVALE,
CALIF. March 16, 2006 - Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG), the industry
leader in surgical robotics, today announced the addition of Marshall L.
Mohr to
its management team as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer.
Mr.
Mohr
joins Intuitive Surgical from Adaptec, Inc. where he had served as Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2003. Prior to joining Adaptec,
Mr. Mohr was the managing partner of the West Region Technology Industry
Group
for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led the firm's more than 400-person
Silicon
Valley accounting and audit advisory practice. During his 22 years with
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Mohr was the lead partner for accounting
relationships for many of the technology industry's most respected companies.
Mr. Mohr received his BBA in accounting and finance from Western Michigan
University.
Commenting
on the announcement, Lonnie Smith, Chairman and CEO of Intuitive Surgical,
said,
“We are delighted that Marshall has joined our senior leadership team. He
brings
an extraordinary breadth of experience and demonstrated leadership to our
finance organization and management team.”
Ben
Gong,
who has served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer since November 2005,
will
continue his duties as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer.
About
Intuitive’s Products:
The
da
Vinci®
Surgical System consists of a surgeon’s viewing and control console having an
integrated, high-performance InSite® 3-D vision system, a patient-side cart
consisting of three or four robotic arms that position and precisely maneuver
endoscopic instruments and an endoscope, and a variety of articulating
EndoWrist® Instruments. By integrating computer-enhanced technology with
surgeons’ technical skills, Intuitive believes that its system enables surgeons
to perform better surgery in a manner never before experienced. The da Vinci®
Surgical System seamlessly and directly translates the surgeon’s natural hand,
wrist and finger movements on instrument controls at the surgeon’s console
outside the patient’s body into corresponding micro-movements of the instrument
tips positioned inside the patient through small puncture incisions, or
ports.
The
Aesop®
Endoscope Positioner is a voice-activated robotic arm that automates the
critical task of endoscope positioning, providing the surgeon with direct
control over a smooth, precise and stable view of the internal surgical
field.
The
Hermes®
Control
Center is a centralized system designed to voice control a series of networked
"smart" medical devices.
Intuitive®,
da
Vinci®,
InSite®,
EndoWrist®,
Hermes®, and Aesop®
are
registered trademarks of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.