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Not graded by the source2013-08-30FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03331da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED A PERFORATED COLON WHILE UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CARCINOID TUMORS USING THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM.
cause not established2955842-2013-03331Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-28FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03255da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED A JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLED, PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES OF ROBOTIC VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY FOR BENIGN DISEASE. WITHIN THE ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS DOCUMENTED, ONE PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY SUSTAINED A COMBINED BLADDER AND BOWEL INJURY DIAGNOSED 14 DAYS POSTOPERATIVELY AFTER PRESENTING WITH FEVER AND PELVIC ABSCESS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT.
cause not established2955842-2013-03255Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2018-10662da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ATTORNEYS HAVE ALLEGED THAT THEIR CLIENTS SUFFERED INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURES. THESE CLAIMS DO NOT INVOLVED REPORTABLE DEATHS OR MALFUNCTIONS. THESE ALLEGATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.(ISI) BETWEEN JULY 3, 2018 - OCTOBER 2, 2018. FOR THOSE CLAIMS WHERE PROCEDURE DATES ARE PROVIDED, THE DATES RANGE FROM AUGUST 2013 - MAY 2018.
cause not established2955842-2018-10662Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-23FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03182da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL MEDIATION EFFORT, ON (B)(6) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. PER THE RECORDS, AT THE TIME OF SURGERY, SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE ADHESIONS OF HER SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINES, WHICH WERE TAKEN DOWN WITH METICULOUS SHARP DISSECTION. POST OPERATIVELY THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A FEVER. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY WHICH REPORTEDLY SHOWED A PERFORATION OF THE DISTAL ILEUM AND ADHESIONS. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROTOMY THROUGH A MIDLINE ABDOMINAL INCISION AND THE PERFORATION IN THE SMALL BOWEL WAS REPAIRED. SECONDARY TO ADHESIONS OF THE ILEUM TO THE RIGHT OVARY AND TUBE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE RIGHT OVARY AND TUBE AND A PORTION OF THE ILEUM WAS REMOVED, AND AN ANASTOMOSIS WAS CREATED. SHE DISCHARGED HOME ON (B)(6) 2010. PER THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED THE PATIENT HAD URINARY RETENTION REQUIRING INTERMITTENT SELF CATHETERIZATION. ON (B)(6) 2010, SHE UNDERWENT CYSTOSCOPY WHICH SHOED THE RIGHT URETERAL ORIFICE AND TUNNEL WERE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED AND SWOLLEN. NO INDIGO CARMINE DYE COULD BE SEEN COMING FROM
cause not established2955842-2013-03182Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-23FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03170da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL MEDIATION EFFORT, ON JULY 25, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE IN (B)(6) 2008. THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT'S VAGINAL WALL WAS BURNED DURING HER HYSTERECTOMY AND SHE SUFFERED A RECTAL-VAGINAL FISTULA RESULTING IN A COLOSTOMY, MULTIPLE CT SCANS, SEVERAL OUTPATIENT SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES AND 2 ADDITIONAL MAJOR SURGERIES WITH HOSPITAL STAYS. THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED STATES THAT THE PATIENT HAD A FIBROID GROWTH ON HER UTERUS FOR MANY YEARS AND HAD FOR SOME TIME BEEN EXPERIENCING INCREASING ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE PATIENT CLAIMED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE BURN TO HER VAGINAL WALL, SHE DEVELOPED A VAGINAL-RECTAL FISTULA AND STOOL WAS COMING OUT OF HER VAGINA. THE DOCUMENTATION STATES THAT THE PATIENT HAD A COLOSTOMY PERFORMED ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE FOLLOWED BY AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE FISTULA. IN ADDITION, THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED ABDOMINAL PAIN AND BLOATING FROM THE PROCEDURES AND MEDICATIONS, WHICH CAUSED HER TO SPEND A DAY IN THE ER. THIS SURGERY WAS PERFORMED IN (B)(6) 2008. ACCORDING TO THE ALLEGATIONS, DURING HER STAY IN
cause not established2955842-2013-03170Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-23FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03845da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI S NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE INITIAL REPORTER, A ROBOTICS COORDINATOR, INDICATED THAT THE ILLUMINATOR LOST POWER AND WENT OUT ON THE VISION SIDE CART (VSC). AFTER THE ILLUMINATOR LOST POWER, A SURGICAL STAFF MEMBER DROPPED A NEEDLE USED FOR SUTURING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE NEEDLE THROUGH A LAPAROSCOPIC ASSIST PORT. THROUGH TROUBLESHOOTING, THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR REBOOTED THE VSC AND ILLUMINATOR. THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR ALSO REPLACED THE POWER CORD AND TRIED A DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL OUTLET. HOWEVER, THE VISION ISSUE PERSISTED. THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED AFTER THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR IMPLEMENTED AN EXTERNAL LIGHT SOURCE. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, AN X-RAY WAS PERFORMED TO ASSIST WITH SEARCHING FOR THE DROPPED NEEDLE. ON (B)(4) 2013, AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) PERFORMED A FIELD EVALUATION AT THE SITE. THE FSE REPAIRED THE SYSTEM BY REPLACING THE ILLUMINATOR.
cause not established2955842-2013-03845Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-21FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-01984da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER COMPLETION OF A DA VINCI PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RECTAL PERFORATION. ON (B)(6) 2014, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CONTACTED THE SITE AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE DA VINCI PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS RECORDED. THERE WERE NO REPORTS THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SYSTEM, AN INSTRUMENT, OR AN ACCESSORY OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE NO REPORTS THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ANY INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON BELIEVED THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. TEN DAYS LATER ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH SYMPTOMS OF URINARY AND FECAL INCONTINENCE. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT HAD A FOLLOW-UP VISIT AT THE HOSPITAL AND HAD COMPLAINTS OF INCONTINENCE AND LEAKAGE OF URINE FROM THE URETHRA. THE PATIENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY TREATMENT DURING THE FOLLOW-UP VISIT. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RECTAL PERFORATION. HOWEVER, THE PATIENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IMMEDIATE TREATMENT UPON BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THE REC
cause not established2955842-2014-01984Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-15FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03557da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION PROCEDURE, WHILE THE SURGEON WAS PERFORMING DISSECTION AND MOBILIZING, THE PATIENT'S ILIAC VESSEL WAS NICKED, CAUSING THE PATIENT TO LOSE BLOOD. THE SURGEON MADE THE DECISION TO CONVERT THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL THE PATIENT'S BLEEDING. REPORTEDLY, NO MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE.
cause not established2955842-2013-03557Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-08-13FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04053da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 09/06/2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED A LETTER FROM AN ATTORNEY SEEKING INFORMATION RELATED TO A DA VINCI SYSTEM. IT WAS REPORTED IN THE LETTER THAT A PATIENT HAD DIED FOLLOWING VASCULAR DAMAGE THAT WAS INCURRED AT THE TIME OF INITIATING A DA VINCI ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013. ON (B)(4) 2013, ISI SPOKE WITH THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE HOSPITAL. SHE CONFIRMED THAT THE DA VINCI SYSTEM WAS NEVER USED DURING THE PROCEDURE. SHE COULD NOT PROVIDE THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS THE RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY ARE STILL PENDING. THE PATIENT'S INJURY WAS NOTICED UPON INSERTION OF THE CAMERA SCOPE INTO THE FIRST NON-ISI TROCAR THAT WAS INSERTED. THE PATIENT'S HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS PLANNED TO BE A ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY; HOWEVER, THE PATIENT'S HYSTERECTOMY WAS NOT PERFORMED AS THE BLEED WAS NOTICED BEFORE THE SURGERY. THE DA VINCI SYSTEM WAS NOT USED. THE ATTORNEY ALSO STATED THAT THE SURGEON DOES NOT FEEL THAT THE PATIENT'S DEATH DID INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF MALFUNCTION OF ANY DEVICE.
cause not established2955842-2013-04053Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-08-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03652da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT 30 HOURS POST-OP A DA VINCI SI ROUX-EN-Y PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013, DURING AN EXPLORATORY PROCEDURE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN ANASTOMOTIC LEAK. THE LEAK CAUSED THE PATIENT'S ORGANS TO BECOME ACIDIC AND RESULTED IN THE PATIENT'S DEMISE ON (B)(6) 2013. ON (B)(4) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CONTACTED THE SURGEON WHO PERFORMED THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. ACCORDING TO THE SURGEON, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO PRESENT COMPLICATIONS 1 DAY POST-OP. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN EXPLORATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN ANASTOMOTIC LEAK. THE AFFECTED AREA WAS REPAIRED. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT NO MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE (B)(6) 2013 SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND THAT INTRA-OPERATIVELY THE PATIENT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY COMPLICATIONS. THE SURGEON STATED THAT THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND THE ANASTOMOTIC LEAK AND SUBSEQUENT DEMISE OF THE PATIENT WERE UNRELATED TO THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES. HE STATED THAT THE COMPLICATIONS EXPERIENCED BY THE PATIENT WERE THE RESULT OF THE ANASTOMOTIC LEAK. ON (B)(4) 2013, ISI
cause not established2955842-2013-03652Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-08-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04916da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI PROSTATECTOMY FOR MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE PROSTATE ON (B)(6) 2013. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT FOR THE PRIMARY SURGERY AND HIS SUBSEQUENT LAPAROTOMIES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE SURGERY WAS NOTABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT ADHESIONS FROM A PRIOR EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY WHICH REQUIRED EXTENSIVE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS PRIOR TO THE DOCKING OF THE ROBOT. THE PROSTATECTOMY PROCEEDED IN A STEPWISE MANNER WITH DROPPING OF THE BLADDER, DISSECTION OF THE ENDOPELVIC FASCIA WITH SHARP DISSECTION, BLUNT DISSECTION OF THE LEVATOR FIBERS, AND INCISION INTO THE JUNCTION BETWEEN THE BLADDER NECK AND THE PROSTATE. THE SURGEON PERFORMED TRANSECTION OF THE SEMINAL VESICLES AND VAS DEFERENCE AND SHARP DIVISION OF THE REMAINING LATERAL ATTACHMENTS. THE POSTERIOR DIVISION BETWEEN THE PROSTATE AND THE RECTUM WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE RECTUM. THE DORSAL VENOUS COMPLEX, URETHRA AND REMAINING LATERAL AND POSTERIOR ATTACHMENTS WERE DIVIDED. THE SPECIMEN THEN REMOVED, AND TH
cause not established2955842-2013-04916Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-08-09FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00365da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI-ASSISTED SACROCOLPOPEXY, CYSTOSCOPY, FULGURATION OF BLADDER LESION, AND REPAIR OF A BLADDER LACERATION FOR CYSTOCELE AND BLADDER LESION ON (B)(6) 2013. THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF BLADDER CANCER. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT AND THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY OCCURRED. PRIOR TO THE UNDERGOING THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, INFORMED CONSENT WAS OBTAINED. THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF BLADDER CANCER, PRIOR ABDOMINAL SURGERIES, A HYSTERECTOMY, AND A CHOLECYSTECTOMY. AS A RESULT OF PRIOR SURGERIES, THE PATIENT HAD ADHESIONS. DURING THE SURGERY, AN OPENING IN THE BLADDER WAS NOTED AND REPAIRED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION. THE ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS WAS 100 ML. POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. AN UNSPECIFIED TIME LATER, THE PATIENT BECAME HYPOTENSIVE, APP
cause not established2955842-2015-00365Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-07-31FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-05742da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A UNDERWENT A DA VINCI ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013 FOR MORBID OBESITY. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT AND PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT, THE SURGEON NOTED THAT THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL. NO INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS NO REPORT THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY (POD) 1, THE PATIENT'S UPPER GI WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL. THE PATIENT WAS STARTED ON CLEAR LIQUIDS AND ADVANCED TO FULL LIQUIDS AND PROTEIN DRINK, WHICH SHE TOLERATED WELL. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT WAS TOLERATING LIQUIDS AND HER CREATININE LEVEL WAS BACK TO BASELINE AT 2.79. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME. ON (B)(6) 2013, SHE WAS RE-ADMITTED FOR HYDRATION AND DIABETES MANAGEMENT UNTIL BEING DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2013. BY (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO DEVELOP INCREASING SHORTNESS OF BREATH, PAIN, CONFUSION AND DISORIENTATION WITH SIGNIFICANT ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT AND PAIN WITH LOW BLOOD PRESSU
cause not established2955842-2014-05742Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02788da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS INJURED BY A PATIENT SIDE MANIPULATOR (PSM) ARM ON THE PATIENT SIDE CART. THE INJURY SUSTAINED BY THE PATIENT WAS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE PATIENT'S BODY AT THE ILIAC CREST. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-02788Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-26FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04844da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY AND BILATERAL SALPINGECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 FOR MENORRHAGIA, DYSMENORRHEA, AND RIGHT OVARIAN CYST. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES: HANDWRITTEN ER REPORT FROM (B)(6) 2012, DISCHARGE SUMMARY (B)(6) 2012, DOCTORS PROGRESS NOTES FROM (B)(6) 2012, PHYSICIAN'S ORDER FROM (B)(6) 2012. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. SURGERY REVEALED A PRIMARY CYSTO-RECTOCELE, A NORMAL SIZED, QUIET RETROVERTED UTERUS, CYSTIC RIGHT FALLOPIAN TUBE, MILD BOWEL ADHESIONS. AFTER PLACING A V-CARE UTERINE MANIPULATOR TRANSVAGINALLY, A PNEUMOPERITONEUM WAS CREATED WITH THE VERESS NEEDLE AND ADHESIONS WERE TAKEN DOWN WITH MONOPOLAR CAUTERY SHEARS WITHOUT INCIDENT. TUBO-OVARIAN PEDICLES, LATERAL LIGAMENTS, OVARIAN VESSELS AND THE BLADDER FLAP WERE CAUTERIZED WITH A BIPOLAR INSTRUMENT AND TAKEN DOWN WITH MONOPOLAR SHEARS. AFTER COMPLETE MOBILIZATION OF THE UTERUS AN
cause not established2955842-2013-04844Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-22FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5038982da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: I RECEIVED A TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH A DA VINCI ROBOT. THE MEASUREMENTS WERE OFF AND I WAS UNDER FOR 11+ HOURS. I WAS TAKEN OFF THE ROBOT AND A REGULAR HYSTERECTOMY WAS PERFORMED. AS A RESULT, I HAVE NUMBNESS AND PAIN IN MY LEFT LEG AND FOOT. I ALSO SUFFERED A ROTATOR CUFF INJURY AND UNDERWENT PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR MY SHOULDER. I STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 4 NIGHTS AND LOST MORE THAN A THIRD OF MY BLOOD DURING THE SURGERY. RECOVERY WAS STRANGE BECAUSE I HAD MORE PAIN IN MY SHOULDER THAN IN MY INCISION AREAS. MY DOCTOR DID NOT KNOW HOW TO PRESCRIBE MUSCLE RELAXANTS OR PT.
cause not establishedMW5038982Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-18FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03253da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER COMPLETION OF THE DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUSTAINED A BOWEL INJURY. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORTER OF THIS COMPLAINT, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL SEVERAL DAYS POSTOP COMPLAINING OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY WAS PERFORMED AND A SMALL LACERATION WAS FOUND ON THE PATIENT'S SIGMOID COLON. THE INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) CLINICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE (CSR) ASSIGNED TO THE SITE CONTACTED THE SURGEON DIRECTLY TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. THE CSR INDICATED THAT THE SURGEON INFORMED HIM THAT THE ANATOMY WAS VERY DISTORTED DUE TO DISEASE AND THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS AN EXTREMELY TOUGH CASE.
cause not established2955842-2013-03253Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5036287da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: PT WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2013 FOR A PARTIAL HYSTERECTOMY. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013. AFTER SURGERY PT SHOULD HAVE AWAKENED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS. TEN HOURS FOLLOWING SURGERY PT WAS PLACED IN ICU. DOCTORS EXPLAINED THAT MEDICATION CAUSED HER TO SLEEP LONGER. PT WAS RELEASED FROM ICU THE FOLLOWING DAY. PT NOTICED CLEAR LIQUID LEAKING FROM HER VAGINA AND SHE HAD TROUBLE BREATHING. SHE SAW DIFFERENT DOCTORS 3 TIMES AND THEN FINALLY WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. CT SCAN SHOWED SHE HAD PNEUMONIA AND WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS. FIVE DAYS LATER SHE STILL HAD LEAKING AND TROUBLE BREATHING SO SHE WENT TO A DIFFERENT EMERGENCY ROOM. CT SCAN SHOWED DURING THE ORIGINAL SURGERY THE DOCTOR CUT THE URETER. ONCOLOGIST RECOMMENDED THAT SHE CONTACT HER ORIGINAL SURGEON. SHE HAS APPREHENSIONS ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE MESSED UP THE ORIGINAL SURGERY. HER SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH. SHE HAS LOST HER JOB BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS FROM HER SURGERY. SHE HAS NO MEDICAL INSURANCE AND IS LOOKING INTO BRINGING SUIT. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR AND SHE IS STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN.
cause not establishedMW5036287Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-16FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03050da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HER URETER. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT REMAINED HOSPITALIZED AND IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN THE PATIENT WOULD BE DISCHARGED. ON (B)(6) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL CONTACTED THE PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT (PA) WHO ASSISTED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE PA INDICATED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE PATIENT'S URETER WAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL DAYS POST OP WHILE THE PATIENT WAS STILL HOSPITALIZED. THE PA ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT ALSO DEVELOPED A FISTULA. THE PA DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2013-03050Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-16FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-05307da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(4) 2014, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED (B)(4) WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: (B)(4) 2014: PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2013 FOR A PARTIAL HYSTERECTOMY. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013. AFTER SURGERY PATIENT SHOULD HAVE AWAKENED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS. TEN HOURS FOLLOWING SURGERY PATIENT WAS PLACED IN ICU. DOCTORS EXPLAINED THAT MEDICATION CAUSED HER TO SLEEP LONGER. PATIENT WAS RELEASED FROM ICU THE FOLLOWING DAY. PATIENT NOTICED CLEAR LIQUID LEAKING FROM HER VAGINA AND SHE HAD TROUBLE BREATHING. SHE SAW DIFFERENT DOCTORS 3 TIMES AND THEN FINALLY WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. CT SCAN SHOWED SHE HAD PNEUMONIA AND WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS. FIVE DAYS LATER SHE STILL HAD LEAKING AND TROUBLE BREATHING SO SHE WENT TO A DIFFERENT EMERGENCY ROOM. CT SCAN SHOWED DURING THE ORIGINAL SURGERY THE DOCTOR CUT THE URETER. ONCOLOGIST RECOMMENDED THAT SHE CONTACT HER ORIGINAL SURGEON. SHE HAS APPREHENSIONS ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE MESSED UP THE ORIGINAL SURGERY. HER SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH. SHE HAS LOST HER JOB BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS FROM HER SURGERY. SHE HAS NO MEDICAL INSURANCE AND IS LOOKING INTO BRINGING SUIT. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR AN
cause not established2955842-2014-05307Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-07-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03025da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI MITRAL VALVE REPAIR PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013, EXPIRED POST-OPERATIVELY. A SURGEON WHO WAS PART OF THE CARDIAC TEAM AT THE SITE INFORMED AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) CLINICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE (CSR) THAT THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS ABANDONED SINCE THE PATIENT DEVELOPED PULMONARY EDEMA. NO FURTHER CLINICAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE PROCEDURE OR ABOUT THE PATIENT.
cause not established2955842-2013-03025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03052da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, WHILE PERFORMING SUTURE, THE SURGEON SEWED INTO THE PATIENT'S BLADDER, WHICH CREATED A HOLE IN THE PATIENT'S BLADDER. THE PATIENT'S BLADDER WAS REPAIRED AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL THE SAME DAY. ON (B)(6) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. CONTACTED THE PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT (PA) THAT WAS ASSISTING DURING THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE PA INDICATED THAT AFTER THE SURGEON HAD COMPLETED CLOSURE OF THE PATIENT'S VAGINAL CUFF AND AFTER THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS UNDOCKED FROM THE PATIENT, A CYSTOSCOPY PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT FOUND THAT THE SURGEON HAD INADVERTENTLY SUTURED THE PATIENT'S BLADDER DURING CLOSURE OF THE PATIENT'S VAGINAL CUFF. THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS RE-DOCKED TO THE PATIENT AND THE SURGEON REMOVED THE SUTURE FROM THE PATIENT'S BLADDER AND RE-SUTURED THE PATIENT'S VAGINAL CUFF TO CORRECT THE MISPLACED SUTURE. NO REPAIR TO THE PATIENT'S BLADDER WAS REQUIRED. THE PA INDICATED THAT NO MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND THAT INADVERTENT SUTURE OF THE PATIENT'S BLADDER BY THE SURGEON WAS DUE TO T
cause not established2955842-2013-03052Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-07-11FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03004da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI THORACIC PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPIRED. REPORTEDLY, PRIOR TO THE PATIENT'S DEMISE, WHILE THE SURGEON WAS MANIPULATING THE MASTER TOOL MANIPULATORS (MTMS) ON THE SURGEON SIDE CONSOLE, THE SURGEON WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL OR MOVE THE INSTRUMENT INSTALLED ON A PATIENT SIDE MANIPULATOR (PSM) ARM 1. REPORTEDLY, THE SITE OBSERVED THAT THE LED ON PSM 1 WAS SOLID BLUE IN COLOR WHEN THE ISSUE OCCURRED AND THEY WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ON (B)(6) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL CONTACTED THE SURGEON WHO PERFORMED THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT'S DEMISE WAS UNRELATED TO HIS INABILITY TO MANIPULATE THE INSTRUMENT INSTALLED ON PSM 1, BUT RATHER THE PATIENT'S CONDITION. THE PATIENT WAS VERY SICK AND WAS NOT DOING VERY WELL UNDER ANESTHESIA. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT HE HAD INTENDED TO PERFORM LUNG DECORT USING THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM; HOWEVER, AFTER THE SYSTEM WAS DOCKED TO THE PATIENT AND WHEN HE SAT DOWN AT THE SSC, HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE INSTRUMENT THAT WAS INSTALLED ON THE PSM. THE PATIENT HAD CHEST ADHESIONS AND AS A RESULT HE HAD TO CREATE LARGER PORT SITE INCISIONS. HE DID NOT OBSERVE ANY RESTRICTIO
cause not established2955842-2013-03004Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-07-10FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03049da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION PROCEDURE, AFTER THE SURGEON COMPLETED SUTURING, THE PATIENT EXPIRED. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT'S DEMISE WAS RELATED TO A PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND THAT THE PATIENT'S DEMISE WAS UNRELATED TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED COMPLICATIONS TO BLEEDING. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-03049Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-10FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03990da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT AS A DIRECT AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY, OR ITS IMPROPER AND / OR UNLAWFUL USE, THE PATIENT SUFFERED URINARY INCONTINENCE AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-03990Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-07-03FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03290da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST-OP A DA VINCI MYOMECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT CODED. THE SITE ATTEMPTED TO RESUSCITATE THE PATIENT; HOWEVER, THE ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE PATIENT EXPIRED. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CLINICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE WHO WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS INCIDENT, INDICATED THAT SHE WAS AT A GATHERING WHEN THIS INFORMATION WAS TOLD TO HER BY A SCRUB TECHNICIAN WHO WAS ASKED TO ASSIST WITH RESUSCITATION OF THE PATIENT. REPORTEDLY, THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS UNDOCKED FROM THE PATIENT WHEN THE PATIENT BEGAN TO CODE. THE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT'S DEMISE WAS UNRELATED TO THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM. ON (B)(6) 2013, ISI CONTACTED THE SITE TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE SITE'S RISK MANAGER INDICATED THAT THEY HAD NO RECORD OF A PATIENT DEATH RELATED TO A DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE AS THEY DO NOT HAVE A DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM AND THAT THE INITIAL REPORTER OF THE INCIDENT WAS NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HOSPITAL.
cause not established2955842-2013-03290Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-07-02FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-05164da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013 FOR MENORRHAGIA AND UTERINE FIBROIDS. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT AND MEDICAL RECORDS RELATED TO A CYSTOSCOPY AND RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT AND/OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. ACCORDING TO THE DA VINCI OPERATIVE REPORT DATED (B)(6) 2013, THE PROCEDURE WAS NOTED TO BE AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED CASE, WHICH TOOK ABOUT 4 HOURS AND AS NOTED TO TAKE 2-4 TIMES LONGER THAN NORMAL. THE PATIENT NOTABLY HAD A LARGE UTERUS THAT WEIGHED 650 GRAMS. SHE HAD 2 PREVIOUS C-SECTIONS, WHICH CAUSED SCARRING. THE PATIENT'S URETERS WERE UNDERNEATH A LOT OF SCAR TISSUE; THEREFORE, A CYSTOSCOPY WAS ALSO DONE BECAUSE OF THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF THE PROCEDURE, LYSIS OF SEVERE ADHESIONS WAS DONE AS THE PREVIOUS SURGEON WHO TRIED TO DO HER CHOLECYSTECTOMY COULD NOT EVEN GET INTO HER ABDOMINAL CAVITY. THE SURGEON WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE PATIENT'S ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND LYSED THESE ADHESIONS. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PATIENT'S UTERUS WAS STUCK IN A LOT OF SCAR T
cause not established2955842-2013-05164Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04236da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: ROBOT NICKED BLADDER AND URETER, HAD TO INSERT STENTS TO THE URETER TO HEAL HOLE. WOUND UP HAVING BLADDER SPASMS AND BLEEDING, HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER REMOVE STENTS. NOW HAS AN INCONTINENCE AND BLADDER SPASM
cause not established2955842-2013-04236Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04798da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, LEFT SALPINGECTOMY, CYSTOSCOPY AND EXTENSIVE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS FOR MENORRHAGIA, FIBROID UTERUS, PELVIC PAIN AND ANEMIA ON (B)(6) 2013. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT, THE REPORT FROM A CT UROGRAM, AND THE PROCEDURE NOTE FOR THE LATER PLACING OF A STENT. DURING THE PRIMARY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES. THE OPERATIVE NOTE INDICATED THAT THERE WERE EXTENSIVE DENSE ADHESIONS INVOLVING THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL, OMENTUM, BOWEL AND RIGHT TUBE AND OVARY (PATIENT HAD H/O RIGHT SALPINGECTOMY). A MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS INSTRUMENT, MARYLAND DISSECTOR INSTRUMENT AND PROGRASP FORCEPS INSTRUMENT WERE USED TO SEQUENTIALLY COAGULATE WITH BIPOLAR AND EXCISE THE ROUND, BROAD AND UTERO-OVARIAN LIGAMENTS. THE COLPOTOMY WAS MADE AGAINST A KOH CUP. SHARP KNIFE MORCELLATION WAS REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE UTERUS THROUGH THE VAGINA, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE EXTREMELY LARGE SIZE OF THE UTERUS A
cause not established2955842-2013-04798Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03010da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT 2 DAYS POST A SUCCESSFUL DA VINCI SI CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN BACK INTO THE OR PRESENTING SYMPTOMS OF PAIN. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT HAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SMALL BOWEL. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS RECOVERING FINE.
cause not established2955842-2013-03010Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-06-26FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02782da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION PROCEDURE, ONE OF THE PATIENT'S VESSELS WAS COMPROMISED WHILE THE SURGEON WAS PERFORMING HIS LAST STITCH. THE BLEEDING WAS SECURED AND THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS CONVERTED TO OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED IN THE OPERATING ROOM DUE TO BLOOD LOSS AND PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
cause not established2955842-2013-02782Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-26FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02866da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON ENCOUNTERED A RECOVERABLE FAULT WHILE USING THE VESSEL SEALER INSTRUMENT. THE INITIAL REPORTER (ROBOTICS COORDINATOR) OF THIS COMPLAINT CONTACTED AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (TSE) FOR ASSISTANCE. HOWEVER, DURING THE CALL, THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TROUBLESHOOT. THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR INDICATED THAT THE SURGEON CHOSE TO CONVERT THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO TRADITIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES. INITIALLY, NO PATIENT HARM, ADVERSE OUTCOME, OR INJURY WAS REPORTED. THE TSE REVIEWED THE SITE'S SYSTEM LOGS AND FOUND AN ERROR 32001 RELATED TO THE VESSEL SEALER INSTRUMENT. AN ERROR 32001 INDICATES THAT THE VESSEL SEAL INSTRUMENT CUTTING BLADE CANNOT BE RETRACTED AND MAY BE EXPOSED.
cause not established2955842-2013-02866Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-06-25FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02794da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER COMPLETION OF A DA VINCI SI MYOMECTOMY PROCEDURE, WHILE UNDOCKING THE SYSTEM FROM THE PATIENT, THE PATIENT REQUIRED RESUSCITATION. THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST PERFORMED CHEST COMPRESSIONS ON THE PATIENT; HOWEVER, THE RESUSCITATION ATTEMPTS FAILED AND THE PATIENT EXPIRED.
cause not established2955842-2013-02794Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-06-25FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5031411da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: (B)(6) FEMALE UNDERGOING A ROBOTIC MYOMECTOMY AND BILATERAL NEOSALPINGOSTOMY HAD AN INTRAOPERATIVE DEATH. NEAR THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, THE PT'S BLOOD PRESSURE WAS NOT DETECTED IN THE PRESENCE OF A PULSE AND NORMAL OXYGENATION LEVELS. THE RHYTHM WAS NOTED TO BE PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY (PEA). DESPITE ACLS PROCEDURES AND AN ATTEMPT TO INSERT AN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP TO SUSTAIN THE PT, ALL RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE SUSTAINED FOR OVER 2 HRS AT NO TIME WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT REPORTED. THIS WAS AN UNEXPECTED DEATH. PROVISIONAL AUTOPSY RESULTS: AV SEPTUM REVEALED AN AREA OF BLEEDING AND FATTY INFILTRATION. THERE WAS FATTY INFILTRATION OF THE LIVER. HOWEVER, IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER FINDINGS, DEFINITIVE CHARACTERIZATIONS FOR THE CAUSE OF THE ARRHYTHMIA AND LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IS NOT POSSIBLE. THE FINAL RESULTS ARE STILL PENDING.
cause not establishedMW5031411Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-25FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00059da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON CUT ONE OR MORE UNSPECIFIED ARTERIES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LYMPH NODES. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT, AFTER THE UTERUS, OVARIES, AND FALLOPIAN TUBES WERE REMOVED, THE SURGEON WENT BACK IN TO REMOVE THE LYMPH NODES ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE PATIENT STATED THAT AS THE LYMPH NODES WERE BEING REMOVED, ARTERIES ATTACHED TO THE LYMPH NODES WERE CUT IN TWO UNSPECIFIED PLACES. A TOTAL OF 14 LYMPH NODES WERE REMOVED. THE SURGEON ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO REPAIR THE ARTERIES USING THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM. A VASCULAR SURGEON MADE THE DECISION TO CONVERT TO OPEN SURGERY IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE VESSELS. A BLOOD TRANSFUSION WAS ADMINISTERED AND 4 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE GIVEN. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE TOOK 10 HOURS TO COMPLETE. THE PATIENT INDICATED THAT SHE WAS IN THE ICU FOR EIGHT DAYS POST-OPERATIVELY. IV FLUIDS WERE ADMINISTERED WHICH CAUSED SEVERE BLOATING. AN UNSPECIFIED MEDICATION WAS THEN ADMINISTERED TO ASSIST THE PATIENT WITH FLUID ELIMINATION TO MINIMIZE THE BLOATING. AT AN UNSPECIFIED TIME POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT INDICATED THAT SHE WENT INTO ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. UPON DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL, THE PATIEN
cause not established2955842-2015-00059Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-21FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5030655da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2012, DR (B)(6) PERFORMED SURGERY OF THE REMOVAL OF MY LEFT OVARY. THE DA VINCI ROBOTIC ASSIST THE SURGEON. SOON AFTER SURGERY, I BECAME VERY ILL WITH SURGICAL MENOPAUSE. AFTER I REQUESTED A U.S./PELVIC TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIGHT OVARY IS NOT IDENTIFIED. IT WAS REMOVED IN ERROR DURING SURGERY.
cause not establishedMW5030655Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-06-20FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-05629da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WITH BILATERAL URETEROLYSIS AND LYSIS OF SEVERE ADHESIONS FOR HIGH RISK UTERINE CANCER (B)(6) 2013. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL DOCUMENT PROVIDED, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A SMALL BOWEL PERFORATION, DEVELOPED NECROTIZING FASCIITIS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED AWAY. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT OR THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS. POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT'S ABDOMEN WAS FOUND TO BE SOFT AND BOWEL SOUNDS WERE PRESENT. NO DISTENTION WAS OBSERVED. THE PATIENT WAS ABLE TO AMBULATE, TOLERATE A REGULAR DIET, AND VOID. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED WITH WORSENING ABDOMINAL PAIN, SOMNOLENCE, AND ANOREXIA. THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO BE TACHYCARDIC, HYPOTENSIVE, AND HYPOXIC. THE PATIENT'S WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT WAS 5.9 WITH 92% BANDS. A CT SCAN SHOWED FREE INTRAPERITONEAL AIR AND FREE AIR ALONG THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN URGENTLY TO THE OPERATING ROOM AND AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY WAS PERFORMED. ADHESIONS OF THE SMALL BOWEL TO THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL WERE O
cause not established2955842-2014-05629Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-19FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02663da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE CANNULA MOUNT ON THE PATIENT SIDE MANIPULATOR (PSM) ARM WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S GALLBLADDER, WHICH WAS TO BE REMOVED AS PART OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS NICKED. THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED; HOWEVER; DUE TO THE CANNULA MOUNT NOT STAYING CLOSED, THE SURGICAL TIME WAS LENGTHENED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS.
cause not established2955842-2013-02663Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5037620da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: (B)(6) 2013 - DA VINCI ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY. (B)(6) - BACK TO WORK. SEVERE PAIN, CONTINUED SEVERE PAIN. SURGEON'S OFFICE TOLD ME TO SEE UROLOGIST. LAB WORK POSITIVE FOR E COLI AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA. FOR MONTHS FOLLOWING CONTINUED PAIN/SEVERE. INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR - POSITIVE INFECTIONS. (B)(6) 2013 NEUROLOGIST: ABNORMAL EMG - MRI'S ABNORMAL. LEFT HIP LABRUM TEAR - MULTIPLE DISC HERNIATIONS. DR (B)(6) REFERRED TO PAIN MANAGEMENT NEUROLOGIST AT (B)(4) - NERVE BLOCK INJECTIONS. CONCLUSIONS: ILIOINGUINAL NERVE ENTRAPMENT DAMAGE/INJURY. GENITAL FEMORAL NERVE DAMAGE/ENTRAPMENT/COMPRESSION INJURY. THIS ROBOTIC DA VINCI SURGERY HAS LEFT MY BODY IN DISASTROUS PAIN EVERYWHERE. MY INSIDE/INTERNAL BODY BURNS AND IN SEVERE PAIN EVERYWHERE INCLUDING SURGICAL SITE, GENITALIA, RECTAL, ARMS, SHOULDERS. WEAKNESS AND BURNING SENSATION. THIS HAS BEEN CATASTROPHIC AND DEVASTATING. IT IS ALSO KNOWN (I NOW KNOW) THAT CERTAIN BODY TYPES ARE NOT GOOD CANDIDATES FOR ROBOTIC. I AM VERY SLENDER AND RETRACTORS TOO LARGE FOR MY BODY. ALSO POSITIONING FOR GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERIES IS DANGEROUS CAUSING INJURIES OR FATALITIES. TRENDELENBURG AND LITHOTOMY POSITIONS ARE SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS. DA VINCI ROBOTIC H
cause not establishedMW5037620Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-09FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02484da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE, WITH THE USE OF DUAL SURGEON SIDE CONSOLES (SSCS), DURING DISSECTION THE PATIENT'S URETHRA, THE SURGEON EXPERIENCED RESISTANCE ON PATIENT SIDE MANIPULATOR (PSM) ARMS 1 AND 2 WHILE MANIPULATING THE MASTER TOOL MANIPULATORS (MTMS) ON THE SURGEON SIDE CARTS (SSC). THE SURGEON CONTINUED TO MANIPULATE THE MTMS WHEN PSM 1 SUDDENLY MOVED, CAUSING THE INSTALLED MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS INSTRUMENT TO CUT THE PATIENT'S URETHRA. THE SURGEON RECONSTRUCTED THE AFFECTED AREA TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO THE PATIENT'S URETHRA AND THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM.
cause not established2955842-2013-02484Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-07FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03407da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SURGICAL SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A THERMAL INJURY TO THE URETER. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-03407Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-07FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04849da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY AND BILATERAL SALPINGECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2013 FOR A HISTORY OF PELVIC PAIN DYSMENORRHEA AND MENORRHAGIA. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT FOR BOTH THE PRIMARY SURGERIES AND THE VAGINAL VAULT REPAIR. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE PATIENT WAS NOTABLE FOR ADHESIONS OVER THE ANTERIOR UTERINE VESICLE FOLD FROM PREVIOUS C-SECTIONS. THE HYSTERECTOMY PROCEEDED WITH SEQUENTIAL CAUTERY AND TRANSECTION OF THE UTERO-OVARIAN LIGAMENTS, ROUND LIGAMENT, BROAD LIGAMENTS AND UTERINE ARTERY. THE COLPOTOMY WAS PERFORMED WITH MONOPOLAR SCISSORS AND PK FORCEPS, THE UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENTS DESICCATED AND TRANSECTED, AND THE SPECIMEN DELIVERED THROUGH THE VAGINA. THE VAGINA WAS CLOSED WITH QUILL SUTURE. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. THE PATIENT HAD AN UNREMARKABLE POST OPERATIVE COURSE WITH A VAGINAL EXAM AT 4-5 WEEKS SHOWING THE VAGINAL CUFF HEALING NICELY. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE ED WITH SEVERE LOWER ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT AF
cause not established2955842-2013-04849Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-05FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04904da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013 FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT, FOLLOW-UP OPERATIVE REPORTS AND DOCUMENTATION REGARDING URETERAL INJURY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION DURING THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE. ON (B)(6) 2013, PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SYMPTOMS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AND UNDERWENT A CT SCAN WHICH DEMONSTRATED PARTIAL URETERAL OBSTRUCTION. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CYSTOSCOPY WITH PASSAGE OF A STENT. A PARTIAL TRANSECTION OF THE URETER IS SUSPECTED. A URETERAL RE-IMPLANTATION IS PLANNED. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-04904Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-05FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03064da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND SUSTAINED A BOWEL INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) SPOKE TO THE PATIENT ON (B)(4) 2013 AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE USING A DA VINCI SI SYSTEM. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SHARP ABDOMINAL PAINS AND ALSO EXPERIENCED GAS LIKE SYMPTOMS. SHE CONTACTED HER SURGEON AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE GAS MEDICATION FOR HER SYMPTOMS. ON (B)(6) 2013 AROUND 5:30-6:00PM, HER SYMPTOMS PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE, HAD A FEVER OF 102 AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY PARAMEDICS. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT WENT IN FOR AN X- RAY AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A CUT BOWEL. THE PATIENT WENT IN FOR SURGERY TO REPAIR HER CUT BOWEL AND IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT PATIENT HAD AN ABSCESS. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 14 DAYS FOR AN INFECTION AND RECOVERY OF THE CUT BOWEL. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE PATIENT.
cause not established2955842-2013-03064Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-04FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02487da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT 2 DAYS POST OP A SUCCESSFUL DA VINCI SI LEFT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE, PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY ROOM ON (B)(6) 2013 WITH SYMPTOMS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT HAD FREE AIR IN HER ABDOMEN AND HER SIGMOID COLON WAS DAMAGED AT THE SITE OF DISSECTION DURING THE INITIAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE.
cause not established2955842-2013-02487Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-06-04FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02431da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI S MITRAL VALVE REPAIR PROCEDURE, THE INSTRUMENT INSTALLED ON PATIENT SIDE MANIPULATOR (PSM) ARM 1 WAS NOT ROTATING. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (TSE) THE SITE INSTALLED DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS AND RESEATED THE STERILE ADAPTER, HOWEVER, THE ISSUE PERSISTED. THE SITE INDICATED THAT THE SURGEON ENCOUNTERED THE ISSUE EVERY TIME HE CHANGED PSMS. THE SITE ADVISED THE TSE THAT THEY WERE CONTINUING WITH THE CASE. APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR LATER, THE SITE CALLED ISI BACK FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT ASSISTANCE. THE SITE INDICATED TO THE TSE THAT THE SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND THAT THE PSM WAS SHAKING. THE SITE DECLINED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUE WITH THE TSE, AS THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCEDURE. THE SITE REQUESTED THAT THE TSE DISPATCH AN ISI FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER TO EVALUATE THE SYSTEM.
cause not established2955842-2013-02431Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-05-31FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-05313da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI-ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY WITH BSO FOR COMPLEX ADNEXAL MASS ON (B)(6) 2013. THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE PATIENT ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED AN UNSPECIFIED MISCELLANEOUS INJURY. THE PATIENT HAD DENSE ADHESIONS. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION OF A PK INSTRUMENT WHICH DID NOT ALLOW IT TO FIRE; HOWEVER, OTHER INSTRUMENTS WERE USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE WITHOUT ANY EFFECT ON THE PROCEDURE OR THE PATIENT. NO MEDICAL RECORDS AFTER (B)(6) 2013 WERE PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2014-05313Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-05-28FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04352da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: URETER WAS CUT, INFECTION (HAD TO BE PUT ON ANTIBIOTICS), SURGICAL CORRECTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-04352Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2013-05-24FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02272da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT A FEW DAYS POST OP A DA VINCI SI ENDOMETRIOSIS RESECTION PROCEDURE, PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT EXPIRED AT HOME. DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, EXTENSIVE RESECTION WAS COMPLETED ON THE PATIENT'S LEFT PELVIS SURROUNDING THE URETER AND COLON.
cause not established2955842-2013-02272Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2013-05-19FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00664da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISCOVERY ACTIVITY, ON (B)(4) 2015, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE HOSPITAL'S RISK OCCURRENCE REPORT FROM THE HOSPITAL'S RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. THE RISK OCCURRENCE REPORT INDICATED THAT POST-OP FROM THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN BACK INTO SURGERY TO UNDERGO A URETER STENT PLACEMENT AND URETER REPAIR PROCEDURE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2015-00664Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗