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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001610717-24-000225
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240425
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240425
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240425

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEW LEWIS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001224994
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30713
		FILM NUMBER:		24878164

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		1275 MARKET STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94103

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001035267
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		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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        <issuerCik>0001035267</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ISRG</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001224994</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CHEW LEWIS</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1020 KIFER ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SUNNYVALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94086</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>44</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Donna Spinola For: Chew, Lewis</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-04-25</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 173.45pt; margin-left: 170.75pt; margin-top: 3.55pt; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72.15pt; margin-right: 6.4pt; margin-left: 5.2pt;">Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby authorizes (i) Donna Spinola, Stephanie
        Lim-Ignacio, Thanh Nhan Phan, Brian King, and Cory Balliet oflntuitive Surgical, Inc. (the<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Company") </font>and (ii) Mark
        V. Roeder and John Williams of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP, and each of them
        individually, to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
        undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3,
        4 and 5, and other forms as may be required, and 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; font-style: italic;">"SEC') </font>pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned'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'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's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 71.9pt; margin-right: 5.95pt; margin-left: 6.3pt;">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'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><font style="width: 9pt; font-size: 1px; display: inline-block;" class="HorizontalTab">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 26th day of April, 2024.</div>
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      <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-indent: 216pt;"><u>Lewis Chew<br>
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