An investor in ISRG shares filed a lawsuit on behalf of investors, who purchased or otherwise acquired Intuitive Surgical, Inc. securities between February 01, 2008 and January 07, 2009, against Intuitive Surgical over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws. Meanwhile an investigation on behalf of current long term investors of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG), including those who purchased also ISRG stocks prior to February 2008 and continue to hold those shares, over possible breaches of fiduciary duty by certain members of the board of directors and certain of officers of Intuitive Surgical, Inc was announced.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc., located in Sunnyvale, CA, is engaged in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of da Vinci Surgical Systems, EndoWrist instruments, and surgical accessories.

According to the complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California the plaintiff alleges on behalf of investors, who purchased or otherwise acquired Intuitive Surgical, Inc. securities between February 01, 2008 and January 07, 2009, that Intuitive Surgical Inc. inflated its share price and that Intuitive Surgical, Inc. and others violated Federal Securities Laws by issuing between February 01, 2008 and January 07, 2009, a series of false and misleading statements and omissions of material facts [] regarding the then-existing and even the potential market for the da Vinci robot ( a robotic surgical device that is Intuitives key product). The plaintiff alleges that these material misstatements and omission caused the Companys share price to reach over $353 per share [] allowing Defendants to reap in excess of $53million vis--vis insider trading proceeds. Then on January 07, 2009, after the market closed Intuitive shocked investors, so the lawsuit, when it issued a pre-announcement of its fourth quarter results which proved to be just one of several shocking revelations that would send Intuitives share price spiraling downwards. Intuitives stock price declined more than 6% from a close of $117.88 on January 06, 2009 to a close of $110.54 per share on January 08, 2009. Shares of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) traded recently at $317.00 per share, down from its 52weekHigh of $393.92 per share.