UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~October~~December 2116, 2025

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-30713

77-0416458

(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)

(~~CommissionFile~~Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. ~~EmployerIdentification~~Employer Identification No.)

1020 Kifer Road

Sunnyvale, California 94086

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (~~zip~~Zip ~~code~~Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 523-2100

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

~~Check~~☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the ~~appropriate~~Securities ~~box~~Act ~~below~~(17 ifCFR 230.425) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the ~~Form~~Exchange 8Act (17 CFR 240.14a-K12) ~~filing~~☐ isPre-commencement ~~intended~~communications pursuant to ~~simultaneously~~Rule ~~satisfy~~14d-2(b) under the ~~filing~~Exchange ~~obligation~~Act of(17 ~~the~~CFR ~~registrant~~240.14d-2(b)) ~~under~~☐ ~~any~~Pre-commencement ofcommunications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the ~~following~~Exchange ~~provisions:~~Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

ISRG

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨ ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 25.02. ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

OnEffective ~~October 21~~January 1, ~~2025~~2026, Brian E. Miller, Ph.D., will transition from his role as Chief Digital Officer of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (the “~~Intuitive~~Company”) ~~issued~~and abegin ~~press~~serving ~~release~~as ~~announcing~~Head ~~its~~of ~~financial~~Digital ~~results~~and ~~for~~AI Strategy of the ~~quarter~~Company. ~~ended~~In ~~September 30~~this role, ~~2025~~Dr. AMiller ~~copy~~will ofno ~~the~~longer ~~press~~be ~~release~~reporting isdirectly ~~furnished~~to ~~hereto~~the asCompany’s ~~Exhibit~~Chief ~~99.1.~~Executive Officer.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Intuitive under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press release issued by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., dated October 21, 2025

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

~~INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.~~

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

Date: October 21, 2025

By:

/s/ JAMIE E. SAMATH

Date: December 18, 2025

By:

/s/ JAMIE E. SAMATH

Name: Jamie E. Samath

Jamie E. Samath

Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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