UNITED STATES

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 (Date of earliest event reported): ~~December~~January 1614, ~~2025~~2026

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-30713

77-0416458

(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

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

(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

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

1020 Kifer Road

Sunnyvale, California 94086

(Address of ~~Principal~~principal ~~Executive~~executive ~~Offices~~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:


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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 52.02. ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

~~Effective~~On January 1 14, 2026, ~~Brian E. Miller, Ph.D., will transition from his role as Chief Digital Officer of~~ Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (~~the~~ “~~Company~~Intuitive”) ~~and~~issued ~~begin~~a ~~serving~~press asrelease ~~Head~~announcing ofcertain ~~Digital~~unaudited ~~and~~preliminary AIfourth ~~Strategy~~quarter ofand ~~the~~full ~~Company.~~year In2025 ~~this~~financial ~~role, Dr~~results. ~~Miller~~A ~~will~~copy noof ~~longer~~the bepress ~~reporting~~release ~~directly~~is tofurnished ~~the~~hereto ~~Company’s~~as ~~Chief~~Exhibit ~~Executive Officer~~99.1.

Additional unaudited preliminary revenue and procedure information is provided in the tables attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2, which has also been posted to the Investor Relations section of the Intuitive website at: https://isrg.gcs-web.com/.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, 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.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are furnished with this report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press release issued by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., dated January 14, 2026 .

99.2

Unaudited preliminary revenue and procedure information, as of January 14, 2026 .

104

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

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

Date: December 18, 2025

By:

/s/ JAMIE E. SAMATH

Date: January 14, 2026

By:

/s/ JAMIE E. SAMATH

Jamie E. Samath

Name: Jamie E. Samath

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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