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Not graded by the source2012-03-23FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04931da 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 S HYSTERECTOMY, ASPIRATION OF LEFT OVARIAN CYST FOR CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND ADENOMYOSIS ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. 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 AND GOOD HEMOSTASIS WAS REPORTED. THE PROCEDURE WAS UNREMARKABLE EXCEPT FOR THE PRESENCE OF A HEMORRHAGIC LEFT OVARIAN CYST WHICH WAS DRAINED. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON POSTOP DAY 2, (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE HAD FALLEN AND SHE HAD EPISODES OF DIAPHORESIS. AS HER HEMOGLOBIN COUNTS FELL, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PERFORM AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY. HEMOPERITONEUM WAS RECOGNIZED, AND 2300ML OF CLOTS ENCOUNTERED AND IRRIGATED OUT. THE UTERO-OVARIAN PEDICLES WERE FOUND TO BE HEMOSTATIC AS WERE THE PELVIC SIDEWALL, PORT SITES, BOTH OVARIES AND TUBES. A SMALL AREA IN THE POSTERIOR RIGHT VAGINAL CUFF WAS OOZING, AND IT WAS CLOSED. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICU ON A VENTILATOR. SHE WAS DISCH
cause not established2955842-2013-04931Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-21FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04938da 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 S TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY WITH PARTIAL PHARYNGECTOMY, RADICAL TONSILLECTOMY, AND PARTIAL GLOSSECTOMY FOR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE RIGHT OROPHARYNX ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES: HISTORY AND PHYSICAL (H&P) (B)(6) 2012, DISCHARGE SUMMARY (B)(6) 2012, NURSING ASSESSMENT OF PT. DISCHARGE READINESS (B)(6) 2012, 2 HANDWRITTEN POSTOPERATIVE PROCEDURE NOTES (B)(6) 2012, PROGRESS NOTE (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. A MCGIVER MOUTH PROP WAS PLACED AND SUSPENDED FROM THE SUSPENSION ARM, THE ROBOT DOCKED WITH THE CAMERA ARM AND 2 OPERATING ARMS POSITIONED APPROPRIATELY, LOADED WITH THE MARYLAND GRASPER, THE MONOPOLAR CAUTERY, AND THE 8MM CAMERA. THE TUMOR WAS IMMEDIATELY VISUALIZED AND REVEALED A > 2CM ENDOPHYTIC TUMOR FROM THE RIGHT TONSIL, COMPLETELY CONFINED TO TONSIL. THE RESECTION WAS THEN INITIATED BY USING THE MONOPOLAR CAUTERY AT THE T
cause not established2955842-2013-04938Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2012-03-15FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-00666da 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 THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 FOR ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL DOCUMENT, THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE TO HER BLADDER AND INTESTINES DURING THE DA VINCI SURGERY AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL DOCUMENT, ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORTS OF THE PRIMARY DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE AND A SECONDARY OPERATION THAT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2012. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. ACCORDING TO THE (B)(6) 2012 DA VINCI SURGERY OPERATIVE REPORT, THERE WAS AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION, NAMELY A SMALL INADVERTENT CYSTOTOMY, WHICH WAS RECOGNIZED AND REPAIRED BY A UROLOGIST DURING THE INITIAL OPERATION. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT AND/OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY IN THE OPERATIVE REPORT. IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED AFTER THE DA VINCI SURGERY. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO SURGERY FOR ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN. PERFORATED VISCUS WAS SEEN. RESECTION OF TERMINAL ILEUM AND ILEOSTOMY WERE PERFORMED BY
cause not established2955842-2014-00666Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-15FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04278da 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 PARTIAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY:LARGE HEMATOMA CAUSING HEAVY BLEEDING, STITCH USED IN OPERATION WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY, INTERNAL BLEEDING, HERNIATED APPENDIX.
cause not established2955842-2013-04278Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-01254da 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, ISI RECEIVED A LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGING THAT A PATIENT WHOM UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER IN (B)(6), EXPERIENCED PAIN, SUFFERING AND BLEEDING POST THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT UPON THE PATIENT'S FOLLOW UP WITH HER TREATING PHYSICIAN, THE PHYSICIAN INDICATED TO HER THAT THE POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS SHE WAS EXPERIENCING WERE A NORMAL PART OF THE RECOVERY FROM HER SURGERY. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT MET WITH HER TREATING PHYSICIAN DUE TO EXTENSIVE GYNECOLOGICAL BLEEDING. IT WAS ALLEGED THAT THE TREATING PHYSICIAN DIRECTED THE PATIENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT REQUIRED AN EMERGENCY SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO CORRECT A SURGICAL DEFECT THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE SITE'S DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM. THIS WAS NOT DISCOVERED DURING THE PATIENT'S SURGICAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012. REPORTEDLY, FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND CONFINED TO HER BED FOR MANY DAYS.
cause not established2955842-2013-01254Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03708da 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 AUGUST 21, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 WITH A PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF MENORRHAGIA, PELVIC PAIN AND THE DESIRED DEFINITIVE THERAPY. THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS STATE THAT THE RISKS, BENEFITS AND ALTERNATIVES TO ROBOTIC SURGERY AND HYSTERECTOMY WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE PATIENT, AND THE PATIENT UNDERSTOOD AND CONSENTED. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT, A 10MM INCISION AT THE UMBILICUS WAS CREATED, AND A CAMERA PORT WAS INSERTED UNDER DIRECT VISION WITH A 10MM LAPAROSCOPE. UPON ENTRY, THE OP REPORT STATES THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME OMENTAL GRAZING, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF ANY INJURIES. UPON REPEAT INSPECTION OF THE BOWEL, NO EVIDENCE OF ANY INJURY WAS OBSERVED. THEN THE ROBOT WAS DOCKED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. THERE WAS NO REPORT THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. IT WAS STATED IN THE OP REPORT THAT AFTER THE SYSTEM WAS
cause not established2955842-2013-03708Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04767da 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 UNDERWENT A DAVINCI PROSTATECTOMY AND EXTENSIVE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS FOR ADENOCARCINOMA IN WHICH 1000ML OF BLOOD LOSS WHICH OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2012 . INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. 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. UPON INSERTION OF THE ENDOSCOPE, MULTIPLE LOOPS OF BOWEL WERE NOTED TO BE ADHERED TO THE POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL. MULTIPLE ADHESIONS WERE TAKEN DOWN WITH LAPAROSCOPIC SHEARS PRIOR TO ROBOT DOCKING. AFTER DOCKING, MUCH FAT WAS NOTED IN THE ENDOPELVIC FASCIA SURFACE. EXCISING THE BLADDER NEXT ADJACENT TO THE MEDIAN LOBE OF THE PROSTATE WAS A VERY CHALLENGING PORTION OF THE PROCEDURE DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PROSTATE MEDIAN LOBE. BLADDER NECK RECONSTRUCTION WAS ALSO PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENTIRE SURGERY REQUIRED MUCH MORE SKILL THAN THE NORMAL PROSTATECTOMIES PERFORMED AT THIS INSTITUTION. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6), THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SEVERE ABDOMI
cause not established2955842-2013-04767Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04228da 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) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: ARTERY CUT DURING SURGERY, EMERGENCY SURGERY, RECEIVED 3 BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, RIGHT LEG ACHES SOMETIMES
cause not established2955842-2013-04228Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03168da 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 RECEIVED INFORMATION, INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS, OF A PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED POST- SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER HAVING A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY WITH LEFT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. IT WAS NOTED THAT A 360 DEGREE CIRCUMFERENTIAL CUTTING OF THE CERVIX FROM THE VAGINA WAS PERFORMED USING MONOPOLAR HOT SHEARS. A SMALL LACERATION WAS DETECTED AT THE VAGINAL CUFF; HOWEVER, THE LACERATION WAS CLOSED WITH SUTURES. THE PELVIS WAS IRRIGATED AND FOUND TO BE COMPLETELY HEMOSTATIC BEFORE THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME ON POST- OPERATIVE DAY ONE. THE PATIENT WENT IN TO THE OFFICE FOR A FOLLOW-UP VISIT ON (B)(6) 2012 AND THE ABDOMINAL INCISIONS WERE DESCRIBED AS HEALING WELL. THE PATIENT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON (B)(6) 2012 WITH COMPLAINTS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. PATIENT WAS EXAMINED AND A CT SCAN OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS REVEALED A SMALL FLUID COLLECTION IN THE CUL-DE-SAC NEAR THE CUFF WITH A FLECK OF AIR MEASURING 2 CM. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES INCLUDE A SMALL ABSCESS OR SEROMA. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY SAW ANOTHER SURGEON ON (B)(6) 2012 AND HIS EXAMINATION REVEALED AN EXTREM
cause not established2955842-2013-03168Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00114da 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: THE FOLLOWING PATIENT STORY CONCERNING A DA VINCI GALL BLADDER PROCEDURE WAS FOUND POSTED ON THE (B)(6) BY INTUITIVE SURGICAL ON (B)(6) 2012: (B)(6), MY SON WAS ALMOST KILLED AFTER A SURGEON USED THE DA VINCI MACHINE TO REMOVE HIS GALL BLADDER. NO OTHER DETAILS WERE PROVIDED. ISI WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR OF THE POST CONCERNING THE REPORTED EVENT, AS THE AUTHOR HAS BLOCKED THEIR (B)(6) ACCOUNT.
cause not established2955842-2012-00114Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-09FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-01336da 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: THE FOLLOWING PATIENT STORY CONCERNING A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS FOUND POSTED ON THE DA VINCI STORIES ONLINE. HAD POP LEVEL 4 AND HYSTERECTOMY, LEAVING CERVIX ONLY, DONE ROBOTICALLY. STILL HAVE MAJOR ABDOMINAL PAIN AND BOWEL ISSUES. HE REMAINS TO TELL ME EVERYTHING OK. HAD CT SCAN SHOWING 9 MM KIDNEY STONE; SAID THIS IS REASON FOR PAIN. I'M HAVING THE SAME PAIN EXPERIENCED BEFORE SURGERY AND AFTER VAGINAL EXAMS. I FEEL BAD ALL THE TIME; NO ENERGY, BLOATING, AND WEIGHT GAIN. IF I TAKE FOUR ADVIL, IT HELPS, BUT IF ON MY FEET AWHILE, IT GETS WORSE... SO I SIT! I'M TIRED OF COMPLAINING TO DR AND FAMILY... NOT IN MY HEAD; THIS IS REAL. I'M FRUSTRATED WITH EVERYONE. WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING, WILL HAVE COMPANY FOR 1 WEEK. DREADING THIS. I USUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT. EVERYONE THINKS I SHOULD BE OK, BUT I'M NOT! WENT TO FAMILY DOCTOR; NO ANSWER. HAS ANYONE ELSE FELT LIKE THIS? I ALSO HAVE DIVERTICULOSIS, BUT SYMPTOMS ARE DIFFERENT. I PUT POP AS DIAGNOSIS, BUT WAS A TOTAL VAGINAL PROLAPSE; UTERUS WAS OUT. SO HAD MESH FOR BLADDER, RECTOCELE PLUS ALL AFOREMENTIONED. CAN'T STAND PAIN AND BEING TIRED ANYMORE. I'M NOW (B)(6), BUT FEEL OLDER, FATTER, AND LAZY. I USED TO LOVE WORKING
cause not established2955842-2012-01336Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-09FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00144da 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 DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BURN LOCATED AT PORT INCISION SITE. INTUITIVE SURGICAL TECHNICAL SERVICE ENGINEER (TSE) PROVIDED THE CUSTOMER WITH POTENTIAL CAUSES THAT MAY CONTRIBUTED TO THE BURNS AT THE PORT INCISION SITE. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT HARM, ADVERSE OUTCOME, OR INJURY WAS REPORTED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00144Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-07FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03912da 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 PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. 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 established2955842-2013-03912Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-06FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00270da 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, A PATIENT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON HIS STOMACH AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH REPORTEDLY TOOK 6.5 HOURS TO COMPLETE. THE PATIENT ALSO HAD HIS HIATAL HERNIA REPAIRED. THE PATIENT ALLEGES THAT POST SURGERY, HE CONTINUES TO HAVE PAIN IN HIS STOMACH AND ISSUES WITH KEEPING HIS FOOD DOWN. LATE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT IS DUE TO A DATA ENTRY OVERSIGHT BY CUSTOMER SERVICE.
cause not established2955842-2012-00270Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04033da 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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012, ALLEGING INJURIES INCLUDING A THERMAL BURN TO THE ABDOMINAL AREA LEADING TO PERFORATION IN THE PELVIC AREA. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-04033Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04872da 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 SI PROSTATECTOMY FOR PROSTATE CANCER ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES FOLLOW UP NOTES AND OPERATIVE REPORTS. 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. ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2012. ON (B)(6) 2012, HE DEVELOPED A FISTULA BETWEEN RECTUM AND URETHRA. VISITS TO PHYSICIAN NOTE CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT WAS TRIED INITIALLY. ON (B)(6) 2012, HE WAS ADMITTED AND UNDERWENT A TRANSANAL RECTOURETHRAL FISTULA REPAIR AND A LAPAROSCOPIC DIVERTING COLOSTOMY. FOLLOWING SURGERY HAD POSSIBLE PERI-ABDOMINAL INFECTION AND WAS MAINTAINED ON IV ANTIBIOTICS. ON (B)(6) 2012, HE HAD TO UNDERGO A SECOND ATTEMPTED FISTULA REPAIR. ULTIMATELY DISCHARGED, AND HAD SUBSEQUENT REVERSAL OF COLOSTOMY.
cause not established2955842-2013-04872Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2012-02-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00095da 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 APPROXIMATELY 1 DAY POST-OP, A SUCCESSFUL DA VINCI SI LYSIS OF ADHESIONS PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXHIBITED SIGNS OF CELLULITIS AT ONE OF THE TROCAR SITES AND EXPERIENCED DECREASED URINE OUTPUT. A CT SCAN PERFORMED SHOWED THE PATIENT HAD NORMAL GASTROINTESTINAL AND GENITOURINARY TRACT, HOWEVER, WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THE PATIENT'S HEALTH BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE ICU. SEVERAL SPECIALISTS CONSULTED SUSPECTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD NECROTIZING FASCIITIS AND THE PATIENT WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM. THE GENERAL SURGEON CONSULTED FOUND THAT THE PATIENT'S SMALL BOWEL HAD A PERFORATION. THE PATIENT HAD DEVELOPED SEPTIC SHOCK, ACIDOSIS AND EXPIRED. IT IS THE SURGEON'S BELIEF THAT THE INFECTION DEVELOPED BY THE PATIENT WAS VERY ATYPICAL PRESENTATION FOR PERITONITIS AND PERFORATION AND THAT MAYBE THE PATIENT'S IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE STATUS CAUSED THE EVENT, AS DAMAGE TO THE PATIENT'S BOWEL WAS NOT THERMAL DAMAGE AND WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE TROCAR AS SHE PERFORMED AN OPEN ENTRY. THE DELAY IN REPORTING IS DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT IN INITIAL CAPTURING OF THE COMPLAINT BY ISI CUSTOMER SERVICE.
cause not established2955842-2012-00095Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04781da 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 S TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY WITH LEFT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES A DISCHARGE SUMMARY FROM A SUBSEQUENT HOSPITALIZATION FOR VAGINAL BLEEDING ON (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. ON (B)(6) 2012 PATIENT PRESENTED WITH VAGINAL BLEEDING. THE PATIENT WAS OBSERVED IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE AN EXAMINATION SHOWED AN AREA OF BLEEDING ON THE VAGINAL CUFF. SIMPLE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED WITH A 4X4 SPONGE AND THE BLEEDING STOPPED. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON THE SAME DAY TO HER HOME IN GOOD CONDITION. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED AFTER THE DATE OF DISCHARGE.
cause not established2955842-2013-04781Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00663da 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 WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY 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 DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST(CRNA) NOTED THAT THE PATIENT'S FOLEY CATHETER CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD. THE HOSPITAL'S UROLOGIST WAS CONSULTED AND UPON EXAMINATION OF THE PATIENT'S BILATERAL URETERS, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE MIDDLE OF THE PATIENT'S BLADDER WALL WAS WEAK. THE UROLOGIST PLACED A STITCH TO THE AFFECTED AREA. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION IN THE RISK OCCURRENCE REPORT, THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT WAS IN STABLE CONDITION. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2015-00663Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03737da 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 INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI CARDIAC PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012, AND ALLEGED TO HAVE SUSTAINED A NERVE INJURY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-03737Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03957da 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 PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PROVIDED INFORMATION ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED INJURIES INCLUDING BLOOD VESSEL AND NERVE DAMAGE AND SEVERE INCONTINENCE. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC ALLEGATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY REPORTED. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-03957Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-24FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03696da 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 INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 AND ALLEGED TO HAVE INJURIES INCLUDING URETER INJURY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-03696Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-23FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03492da 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 WHO EXPERIENCED POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH RIGHT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, LYSES OF ADHESIONS, AND A VIDEO PELVISCOPY ON (B)(4) 2012. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT FOR THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE OF (B)(6) 2012 STATES THAT DURING THE DA VINCI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH RIGHT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE ADHESIONS ON THE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT FROM PREVIOUS SURGERIES. THE INITIAL PELVIC EXAM REVEALED AN AREA OF SMALL BOWEL THAT WAS ADHERENT TO THE MIDLINE UPPER VAGINAL CUFF, WHICH WAS TAKEN DOWN WITH METICULOUS SHARP DISSECTION WITHOUT CAUSING ANY INJURIES TO THE SMALL BOWEL. THE PATIENT'S BILATERAL TUBES AND OVARIES WERE REMOVED. THE OPERATIVE REPORTS DO NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLEGATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. THIS PATIENT WITH UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY, WAS PRESENTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AFTER THE DA VINCI SURG
cause not established2955842-2013-03492Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-22FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00127da 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 REMOVING THE CANNULA ACCESSORIES AFTER A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED, CHARRING WAS OBSERVED AT ONE OF THE PORT INCISION SITES. NO ADDITIONAL HARM WAS REPORTED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00127Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-21FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03677da 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)(4) 2013 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY, A LEFT SALPINGECTOMY, CYSTOTOMY REPAIR AND CYSTOSCOPY. THE PATIENT HAD A PRE-DIAGNOSIS OF MENOMETRORRHAGIA, FIBROID UTERUS AND A HISTORY OF ANEMIA. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT DATED (B)(4) 2012, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED; HOWEVER, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A SMALL CYSTOMY DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, AFTER THE SURGEON HAD DISSECTED THE BLADDER FREE FROM THE PATIENT'S CERVIX A SMALL CYSTOTOMY WAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 5MM IN SIZE. THE DEFECT TO THE PATIENT'S BLADDER WAS REPAIRED WITH SUTURES. AFTER CLOSURE OF THE PATIENT'S VAGINAL CUFF WAS COMPLETED, THE SURGICAL AREA WAS IRRIGATED AND GOOD HEMOSTASIS WAS NOTED. A CYSTOSCOPY WAS THEN PERFORMED AND THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED INDIGO CARMINE. A GOOD EXTRUSION OF URINE FROM BOTH URETERAL ORIFICES WAS NOTED. THE BLADDER REPAIR WAS ALSO VISUALIZED AND NOTED TO BE INTACT. THE PATIENT WAS AWAKENED IN STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING THE SURGICAL
cause not established2955842-2013-03677Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-21FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00170da 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 A DA VINCI S PROSTATECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A POSTSURGICAL COMPLICATION. THE PATIENT HAD ABSCESS IN THE PELVIS. THE SITE HAS ADVISED AN ANASTOMOSIS INSUFFICIENCY CAUSED THE PATIENT INJURY. THE DELAY IN REPORTING IS DUE TO VAGUE EVENT DESCRIPTION AND ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION BY THE USER FACILITY. AS INDICATED, AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, AND UNTIL FURTHER ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION CAN BE CONFIRMED, THIS EVENT SHALL BE REPORTED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00170Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2012-02-18FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00131da 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 EXPIRED 5 DAYS AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI SI TONGUE BASE RESECTION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2012. NO ISSUES OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND THE PATIENT WAS RELEASED 3 DAYS POST-OP. THE PATIENT WAS DOING WELL AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE, HOWEVER, HE WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE PASSED AWAY TWO DAYS LATER AT HIS HOME.
cause not established2955842-2012-00131Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03552da 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, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION AND MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF HEAVY MENSES, COMPLAINTS OF MENORRHAGIA, AND ANEMIA. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE HYSTERECTOMY FOR DEFINITIVE TREATMENT OF HER MENORRHAGIA PROBLEM. THE PATIENT ELECTED TO PROCEED WITH THE ROBOTIC-ASSISTANT HYSTERECTOMY. THE MEDICAL RECORD INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERSTOOD THAT DUE TO HER SMALL STATURE AND SIZE OF THE UTERUS THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE MAY NOT BE COMPLETED WITH THE DA VINCI SYSTEM AND IT MAY CONVERT TO OPEN PROCEDURE. RISKS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH HER REGARDING BLEEDING, INFECTION, DAMAGE TO ADJACENT STRUCTURES, AND DEATH. THE DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY OPERATIVE REPORT WAS NOT PROVIDED; HOWEVER, THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT'S PRE AND POST-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSES WERE SYMPTOMATIC UTERINE FIBROIDS. THE DISCHARGE SUMMARY INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD TEMPORARY INABILITY TO VOID SECONDARY TO URETHRAL SWELLING AND WAS SENT HOME WITH A FOLEY CATHETER ON (B)(6) 2012. THE MEDICAL RE
cause not established2955842-2013-03552Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04047da 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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012, AND ALLEGED TO HAVE SUSTAINED A PERFORATED BOWEL INJURY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-04047Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-03147da 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) 2014, ISI RECEIVED (B)(4) FROM THE FDA WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: DURING THE COURSE OF DISSECTION, THERE DID APPEAR TO BE A SMALL RENT WITHIN THE MUCOSA OF THE SIGMOID COLON ABOUT 3 CM IN DIAMETER. GIVEN THIS RENT AND CONTINUED DIFFICULTY IN CLEARLY IDENTIFYING THE URETERS AS NECESSARY TO FREE THE OVARIES, THE PHYSICIAN WAS CONSULTED AND CAME TO THE OR AND ASSISTED IN COMPLETING THE BSO, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS AND URETEROLYSIS AND REPAIRED THE RENT IN THE SEROSA OF THE SIGMOID COLON.
cause not established2955842-2014-03147Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04854da 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 PROSTATECTOMY WITH EXTENSIVE LAPAROSCOPIC ADHESIOLYSIS AND LAPAROSCOPIC BILATERAL PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION FOR PROSTATE CANCER ON (B)(6) 2012. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDED A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WITH H&P DATED (B)(6) 2012. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; HOWEVER, THE SURGERY WAS COMPLICATED BY AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF FLIMSY ADHESIONS OF BOWEL AND OMENTUM OF THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL REQUIRING LAPAROSCOPIC ADHESIOLYSIS WITH MONOPOLAR CAUTERY USED SPARINGLY. DURING THE REMAINING DISSECTION THE SPACE BETWEEN THE RECTUM AND PROSTATE WAS DEVELOPED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NOTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADHESION LEFT INSIDE, SO WIDE DISSECTION WAS TAKEN USING BIPOLAR CAUTERY ON THE LEFT. THE RIGHT SIDE DID NOT HAVE A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF ADHESION; THEREFORE, NERVE SPARRING WAS ATTEMPTED ON THE RIGHT. A LYMPHADENECTOMY WAS CARRIED OU
cause not established2955842-2013-04854Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-01750da 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) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED VOLUNTARY REPORT (B)(4) WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: ON (B)(6) 2012, I HAD A DA VINCI ASSISTED LAVH, BEING RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY ON (B)(6) 2012. I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS RECOVERING WELL FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS. BEGAN HAVING ABDOMINAL PAIN ON (B)(6) 2012. RETURNED TO SURGEON ON (B)(6) 2012 BECAUSE I WAS NOT FEELING WELL. PUT ON ANTIBIOTIC AND SENT HOME. ON (B)(6), WENT TO ER AND WAS ADMITTED BECAUSE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MY RIGHT URETER HAD SUFFERED A THERMAL INJURY DURING MY HYSTERECTOMY AND MY CONTINUED DECLINE THE DAYS PRIOR WERE DUE TO THE INJURED URETER LEAKING URINE INTO MY ABDOMINAL CAVITY. AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS AT TREATING THE INJURY CONSERVATIVELY, I HAD TO BE OPENED UP, REOPERATED ON, AND MY BLADDER RECONSTRUCTED TO REACH MY NOW SHORTER URETER.
cause not established2955842-2013-01750Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03726da 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 INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012, AND ALLEGED TO HAVE INJURIES INCLUDING POST-OPERATIVE TRAUMA, HEMORRHAGING, AND BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-03726Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03501da 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 AUGUST 16, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S PELVIC AND PERI-AORTIC LYMPHNODE DISSECTION, OMENTECTOMY, AND STAGING FOR GRADE IV OVARIAN CANCER ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO CANCER OF THE OVARY. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI S SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ANY INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED AND THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PATIENT'S POST-OP COURSE WAS UNCOMPLICATED AND ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL. REPORTEDLY, ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF ANOTHER AREA HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF ABDOMINAL PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH FEVER. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE INITIAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED AND UNDERWENT A CT SCAN AND AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY. THE CT SCAN REVEALED A PELVIC ABSCESS AND DURING THE LAPAROTOMY PROCEDURE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TH
cause not established2955842-2013-03501Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-05062da 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 A LEGAL DOCUMENT REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT AN ATTEMPTED DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 FOR ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND DYSMENORRHEA. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED INJURIES DURING TROCAR PLACEMENT. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL DOCUMENT, THE PATIENT HAS A HISTORY OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND DYSMENORRHEA. HER CONDITION WAS INITIALLY TREATED CONSERVATIVELY BUT DUE TO HER CONTINUED SYMPTOMS, SHE OPTED TO PROCEED WITH A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. UPON TROCAR PLACEMENT FOR THE DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, BLOOD BEGAN POURING OUT OF A PORT SITE. IT WAS NOT SPECIFIED IF THE TROCAR WAS AN ISI PRODUCT. A VASCULAR SURGEON WAS CONTACTED FOR AN EMERGENT MANAGEMENT OF A SUSPECTED AORTIC INJURY. THE VASCULAR SURGEON ADVISED THE SURGICAL STAFF TO HOLD PRESSURE ON THE AORTA UNTIL HE ARRIVED. THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY BECAME EXTREMELY HYPOTENSIVE (BLOOD PRESSURE=60/44 MM HG) DUE TO THE MASSIVE BLOOD LOSS. MULTIPLE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS WERE GIVEN IN AN ATTEMPT TO STABILIZE HER CONDITION. THE VASCULAR SURGEON ARRIVED 25 MINUTES LATER AND MADE A MIDLINE ABDOMINAL INCIS
cause not established2955842-2013-05062Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5029520da 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, I HAD A DA VINCI ASSISTED LAVH, BEING RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY ON (B)(6) 2012. I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS RECOVERING WELL FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS. BEGAN HAVING ABDOMINAL PAIN ON (B)(6) 2012. RETURNED TO SURGEON ON (B)(6) 2012 BECAUSE I WAS NOT FEELING WELL. PUT ON ANTIBIOTIC AND SENT HOME. ON (B)(6) 2012, WENT TO ER AND WAS ADMITTED BECAUSE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MY RIGHT URETER HAD SUFFERED A THERMAL INJURY DURING MY HYSTERECTOMY AND MY CONTINUED DECLINE THE DAYS PRIOR WERE DUE TO THE INJURED URETER LEAKING URINE INTO MY ABDOMINAL CAVITY. AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS AT TREATING THE INJURY CONSERVATIVELY, I HAD TO BE OPENED UP, REOPERATED ON, AND MY BLADDER RECONSTRUCTED TO REACH MY NOW SHORTER URETER.
cause not establishedMW5029520Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03514da 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, 2013 INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO MENOMETRORRHAGIA, SEVERE DYSMENORRHEA AND CHRONIC BACKACHE. THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS REPORT THAT THE RISKS, BENEFITS AND ALTERNATIVES WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE PATIENT. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT, THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES NOTED. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND GOOD AND COMPLETE HEMOSTASIS WAS NOTED. PELVIC HEMOSTASIS WAS RE-AFFIRMED BY DROPPING THE GAS PRESSURES. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, A CYSTOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED. THE PATIENT'S BLADDER WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL, AND BILATERAL URETERIC OPENINGS NOTED. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ANY INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO RECOVERY IN STABLE CONDITION. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2012. PER THE MEDICAL RECORDS, ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT
cause not established2955842-2013-03514Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-13FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03308da 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 LEGAL COMPLAINT, WHICH INDICATED THAT A PATIENT ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER A DA VINCI S SURGICAL PROCEDURE IN (B)(6) 2012. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL COMPLAINT, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL SERVICES AND CARE INCLUDING DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT (DETAILS WERE NOT PROVIDED) ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2012. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS RESECTION, OVARIAN CYSTECTOMY, AND EXTENSIVE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS INCLUDING ENTEROLYSIS. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT POST-OPERATIVELY EXPERIENCED AN INFECTION RESULTING FROM A BOWEL PERFORATION, WHICH LED TO THE PATIENT UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR SIGMOID COLECTOMY ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. NO MEDICAL REPORTS, CHARTS, OR OPERATIVE REPORTS WERE PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-03308Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-10FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04647da 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 SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO THE BLADDER.
cause not established2955842-2013-04647Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-09FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03147da 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 25TH, 2013 INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI CYSTIC RIGHT SALPINGO OOPHORECTOMY AND CYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. IN LATE (B)(6) 2012, A CT SCAN WAS PERFORMED SHOWED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A COMPLEX CYSTIC LESION ON HER RIGHT OVARY. IN LATE (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NAUSEA AND BACK PAIN. A CT SCAN WAS ORDERED, WHICH SHOWED A VERY MARKED HYDRONEPHROSIS. THE SURGEON NOTED THAT THE PATIENT'S URETER WAS VERY DILATED DOWN TO THE PELVIC BRIM IN THE REGION WHERE THE PRIOR OVARIAN CYST WAS. THE SURGEON MADE THE DECISION TO PROCEED WITH A CYSTOSCOPY RIGHT RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM AND POSSIBLE STENT INSERTION. ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM URETEROSCOPY AND INSERTION OF A DOUBLE J STENT. THE URETEROSCOPY DEMONSTRATED A PROBABLE SCARRED AREA WITH A SMALL CALIBER. THE STENT WAS PLACED WITH SOME DIFFICULTY. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE URETEROSCOPY ALSO SHOWED A HIGH GRADE OBSTRUCTION WITH A PALE AREA OF THE URETER, WHICH WAS FELT TO REPRESENT AN AREA OF ISCHEMIA. A FOLLOW UP CT SCAN WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012 AND SHOWED HYDRONEPHROSIS WITH A MALPOSITION
cause not established2955842-2013-03147Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-02FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-01869da 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 LEGAL COMPLAINT. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI MITRAL VALVE REPAIR PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT'S CORONARY ARTERY WAS INADVERTENTLY OBSTRUCTED, CAUSING SEVERE PERMANENT HEART DAMAGE. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED CARDIAC ARREST THREE TIMES.
cause not established2955842-2013-01869Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00119da 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 REMOVING THE CANNULA ACCESSORIES AFTER A DA VINCI SI GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED, THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT FOUND THAT THE PATIENT'S PORT INCISIONS EXHIBITED MILD BURNS. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00119Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04883da 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 ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY FOR PELVIC PAIN, PELVIC CONGESTION SYNDROME, BILATERAL OVARIAN CYSTS ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. 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. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY WITH DA VINCI ROBOTIC ASSIST. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WENT TO THE ER SINCE THE PATIENT WAS GOING TO THE BATHROOM, WENT TO HAVE A BOWEL MOVEMENT AND THEN AN OBJECT DROPPED OUT OF HER VAGINA. PATIENT WAS IN SEVERE PAIN. GYNECOLOGIC EXAMINATION: VAGINAL AREA REVEALS PROLAPSED OF ABOUT 6 INCHES OF SMALL INTESTINE WITH MESENTERY THROUGH THE VAGINA EXTERNALLY. THE PATIENT HAD THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE: VAGINAL EXPLORATION, REDUCTION OF BOWEL EVISCERATION, CLOSURE OF VAGINAL CUFF, CYTOSCOPY, INSERTION OF DOUBLE-J STENT OF THE RIGHT URETER. IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE URETERAL INJURY. CIEAR EFFLUX OF METHYLEN
cause not established2955842-2013-04883Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-02-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00098da 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 REMOVING THE CANNULA ACCESSORIES AFTER A DA VINCI SI SACROCOLPOPEXY PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED, CHARRING WAS OBSERVED AT TWO OF THE PORT INCISION SITES. THE SURGEON EXCISED THE BURNT SKIN AT ONE OF THE PORT LOCATIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING THE INCISION AND THE OTHER INCISION WAS CLOSED PRIMARILY. NO ADDITIONAL HARM WAS REPORTED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00098Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-01-31FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04922da 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 S TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY FOR FIBROIDS ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES MEDICAL REPORTS, OPERATIVE NOTES, AND EXAMINATIONS FOR FURTHER CARE. THERE WAS NOT AN INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY .THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION . ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH FLUID LEAKING FROM VAGINA. A RIGHT URETEROVAGINAL FISTULA WAS DIAGNOSED. SHE UNDERWENT A CYSTOSCOPY, RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM AND RIGHT URETERAL SENT PLACEMENT. SHE WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2012. ON (B)(6) 2012, SHE PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF RIGHT SIDED FLANK PAIN. CT UROGRAM SHOWED MILD R HYDRONEPHROSIS ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD A R URETERAL RE-IMPLANTATION. SHE HAS HAD SUBSEQUENT VISITS FOR CONTINUED R FLANK PAIN AND A STENT WAS PLACED IN THE R URETER.
cause not established2955842-2013-04922Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-01-31FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00105da 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 POST A SUCCESSFUL DA VINCI SI PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A FASCIOTOMY TO REPAIR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME. PER THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR PRESENT FOR THE CASE, THE DA VINCI SI SYSTEM DID NOT MALFUNCTION IN ANY WAY NOR CONTRIBUTE TO THE PATIENT'S OUTCOME, HOWEVER THE PATIENT WAS OBESE AND THE PROCEDURE TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL. THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR STATED THAT THE PATIENT'S POSITIONING AND DURATION OF THE PROCEDURE LIKELY CAUSED THE COMPARTMENT SYNDROME.
cause not established2955842-2012-00105Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-01-31FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04332da 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) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: DOCTOR NICKED BLADDER
cause not established2955842-2013-04332Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-01-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-00145da 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 APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER COMPLETION OF A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING A POST-SURGICAL CHECK-UP THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED ERYTHEMA AT TWO OF THE PORT SITE INCISIONS. THE AFFECTED PORT SITES WERE LOCATED AT THE UPPER LEFT AND UPPER RIGHT QUADRANTS. REPORTEDLY, A PK DISSECTOR INSTRUMENT WAS INSTALLED IN THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT PORT SITE AND A MONOPOLAR CURVED SHEARS (MCS) INSTRUMENT WAS INSTALLED IN THE UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE.
cause not established2955842-2013-00145Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-01-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2440628da 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: WHILE DISSECTING THE RIGHT SIDE PELVIC LYMPH NODES, WITH THE ARM OF THE DA VINCI, AN ARC OCCURRED AT THE SITE OF THE TIP COVER ("TIP COVER ACCESSORY") CAUSING A SMALL HOLE IN THE PATIENT'S VESSEL. THE SURGEON REPAIRED THE INJURY WITH A STITCH. ELECTRICAL SURGICAL UNIT WAS SET AT 40 AND THEN TURNED DOWN TO 35. THE ESU APPEARS TO BE WORKING FINE - PER THE CLINICAL ENGINEER.
cause not established2440628Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-01-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03502da 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, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED A POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI SI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2012 WITH A PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF A SYMPTOMATIC FIBROID UTERUS. NO INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE DOCUMENTED ON THE OPERATIVE REPORT FOR THE DA VINCI SI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE. AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON STATED THAT THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND THE PATIENT'S URINE WAS NOTED TO BE CLEAR. THE PATIENT WAS BROUGHT TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS EVALUATED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) FOR REPORTED COMPLAINTS OF ABDOMINAL AND FLANK PAIN. A CT SCAN REVEALED MULTIPLE PELVIC COLLECTIONS. A FOLLOW-UP CT SCAN ON (B)(6) 2012, REVEALED AN UNCHANGED LEFT PELVIC FLUID COLLECTION, MODERATE TO HIGH-GRADE OBSTRUCTION OF THE LEFT URETER, AND NEW ASCITES. TWO DAYS LATER, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SYMPTOMS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AND SOME NAUSEA. SHE DENIED HAVING DIFFICULTY URINATING, FLANK PAIN, DYSURIA, OR HEMATURIA. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CYSTOSCOPY, LEFT RETR
cause not established2955842-2013-03502Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗