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Filing Date: 2019-04-26

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<div><a name="sda0aff5ae1f84d2e9317d9c6b1db40e7"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:174%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 2010 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(As Adopted by the Board of Directors on February&#160;4, 2010)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment and Restatement Adopted by the Board of Directors on February&#160;3, 2011) </font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Approved by the Shareholders on April&#160;21, 2011)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment and Restatement Adopted by the Board of Directors on February&#160;2, 2012) </font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Approved by the Shareholders on April&#160;19, 2012)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment and Restatement Adopted by the Board of Directors on January&#160;31, 2013) </font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Approved by the Shareholders on April&#160;25, 2013)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment and Restatement Adopted by the Board of Directors on January&#160;28, 2015)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Approved by the Shareholders on April&#160;23, 2015)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment and Restatement Adopted by the Board of Directors on January&#160;28, 2016)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Approved by the Shareholders on April&#160;21, 2016)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment and Restatement Adopted by the Board of Directors on February&#160;2, 2017)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Approved by the Shareholders on April&#160;20, 2017)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment and Restatement Adopted by the Board of Directors on March 6, 2019)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Approved by the Shareholders on April&#160;25, 2019)</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:174%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:174%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE 1.</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PURPOSE</font></div><div style="line-height:174%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The purpose of the Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2010 Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) is to promote the success and enhance the value of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) by linking the individual interests of the members of the Board, Employees, and Consultants to those of Company stockholders and by providing such individuals with an incentive for outstanding performance to generate superior returns to Company stockholders. The Plan is further intended to provide an ability to motivate, attract and retain the services of members of the Board, Employees and Consultants upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of the Company&#8217;s operation is largely dependent.</font></div><div style="line-height