<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-21-008513.txt : 20210423
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-008513
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210422
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210423
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210423

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Reed Monica P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001854171

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30713
		FILM NUMBER:		21848251

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1020 KIFER ROAD
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94086

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001035267
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				770416458
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1020 KIFER ROAD
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94086
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4085232100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1020 KIFER ROAD
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94086
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>By: Donna Spinola For: Monica P. Reed</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-04-23</signatureDate>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; font-size: 12pt;">Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby authorizes (i) Lydia Terrill, (ii) Donna Spinola, (iii) Brian King and (iv) Siang Chin of
      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Company</font>&#8221;) and (v) Mark V. Roeder of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP and each of them individually to execute for and
      on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and other forms as may be required, any amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the U.S. Securities and
      Exchange Commission (the <font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">SEC</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8221;</font>) pursuant to Section&#160;16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned&#8217;s beneficial ownership of securities in the Company. The undersigned hereby
      grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
      and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall
      lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
      assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; font-size: 12pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
      undersigned&#8217;s holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; font-size: 12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of March 2021.</div>
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    <div style="margin-left: 216pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>/s/&#160; Monica Reed</u></font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 216pt; font-size: 12pt;">Signature</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 216pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>Monica Reed</u></font>____</div>
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