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Not graded by the source2008-07-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-01205da 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: THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED BASED AN ISI INVESTIGATION CONCLUDING 08/08/2008. (B)(4) WAS RECEIVED ON 08/01/2008 FROM THE (B)(6). IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING DA VINCI S BILATERAL INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES REVASCULARIZATION PROCEDURE, THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCED A SYSTEM ERROR CODE #23. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN ISI (B)(4), THE SITE POWERED DOWN THE SYSTEM TO CLEAR THE FAULT. THE SITE CONTINUED WITH THE PROCEDURE, HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM ERROR REOCCURRED. THE SITE DISABLED THE ENDOSCOPIC CAMERA MANIPULATOR (ECM) TO CONTINUE THE CASE. THE SITE THEN ELECTED TO MANUALLY MANIPULATE THE CAMERA AND ENDOSCOPE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 HOURS WHEN A LOSS OF CARBON DIOXIDE INSUFFLATION OCCURRED RESULTING IN THE HEART PUSHING UP INTO THE ENDOSCOPE TWO TIMES CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE PATIENT'S RIGHT VENTRICLE. THE PROCEDURE WAS CONVERTED TO A THORACOTOMY TO PERFORMED A NON ROBOTIC REPAIR OF THE DAMAGED VENTRICLE WITH SEVERAL STITCHES AND TO COMPLETE THE PLANNED PROCEDURE. AFTER THE 14 HOUR PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT COULD NOT BE EXTUBATED NECESSITATING A TRACHEOSTOMY. AS OF (B)(6), THE PATIENT REMAINED UNDER CARE AT (B)(6).
cause not established2955842-2008-01205Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-06-24FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04769da 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 HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY FOR SEVERE DYSPLASIA PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT FOR THE PRIMARY SURGERY AND THE SUBSEQUENT FISTULA REPAIR PROCEDURES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE HYSTERECTOMY PROCEEDED IN THE STANDARD MANNER WITH THE TUBO-OVARIAN LIGAMENTS AND ROUND LIGAMENTS COAGULATED AND CUT THEN THE BLADDER FLAP CREATED. THE UTERINE ARTERIES WERE SKELETONIZED AND CUT. THE COLPOTOMY WAS MADE WITH THE AID OF KOH RING, AND THE LATERAL CERVICAL VAGINAL ATTACHMENTS WERE COAGULATED AND CUT STAYING CLOSE TO THE UTERUS. THE VAGINAL CUFF WAS CLOSED WITH RUNNING SUTURE AND LIGATURES. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. ON (B)(6) 2008 THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A HISTORY OF RECURRENT LEAKAGE OF URINE THROUGH HER VAGINA, AND UNDERWENT CYSTOSCOPY, BILATERAL RETROGRADE PYELOGRAMS AND VAGINOSCOPY. PYELOGRAMS SHOWED NO FILLING DEFECTS, BUT A 2-3 CM OPENING ON THE POSTERIOR BLADDER WALL WAS CONNECTED TO TH
cause not established2955842-2013-04769Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-06-16FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-01144da 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 BEATING HEART DOUBLE VESSEL CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT PROCEDURE AT THE HOSPITAL, THERE WAS AN UNEXPLAINED MOVEMENT ON THE SYSTEM ARM WHICH HAD THE ENDOWRIST STABILIZER INSTRUMENT ATTACHED TO IT. THE UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT CAUSED THE FEET AT THE DISTAL END OF THE ENDOWRIST STABILIZER INSTRUMENT TO TIP DOWNWARD RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE MYOCARDIUM OF THE PATIENT'S LEFT VENTRICLE. THE SURGICAL TEAM IMMEDIATELY CONVERTED TO AN OPEN STERNOTOMY TO SUCCESSFULLY REPAIR THE DAMAGED VENTRICLE WITH A SINGLE MEDTRONIC U-CLIP S50. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED AS RECOVERING WELL WITH NO POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS.
cause not established2955842-2008-01144Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-06-11FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03199da 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 INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS, OF A PATIENT WHO HAD A DA VINCI ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLEGATIONS OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY. THE PATIENT HAD A CT SCAN OF HER ABDOMEN/PELVIS ON (B)(6) 2008 WHICH REVEALED FLUID COLLECTION IN THE PELVIS AND RECTUM, MOST LIKELY CONSISTENT WITH SEROMA OR HEMATOMA. THE PATIENT WAS SEEN FOR SIMILAR SYMPTOMS AND RECEIVED COURSE OF AUGMENTIN ON (B)(6) 2008. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A REACTION TO AUGMENTIN (JOINT PAINS) AND DISCONTINUED ANTIBIOTICS ON (B)(6) 2008. ON (B)(6) 2008 THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ORANGE/BLOOD-TINGED WATERY VAGINAL BLEEDING AND FELT ACHY. SHE SOAKED THROUGH SEVERAL PADS OVER THE COURSE OF 2-3 HOURS, BUT BLEEDING THEN SUBSIDED. ON THE MORNING OF (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT CONTINUED TO HAVE WATERY VAGINAL BLEEDING AND NEW ONSET FEVER TO 104.8 WITH CHILLS. THE PATIENT TOOK MOTRIN AND THEN CAME TO THE HOSPITAL PER HER PHYSICIAN'S RECOMMENDATION. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED AND WAS STARTED ON ANTIBIOTICS
cause not established2955842-2013-03199Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-06-10FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04375da 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) 2008. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED FROM SEVERE AND CONTINUING PAIN, WITH FREQUENT VISITS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOMS OF NEARBY HOSPITALS. IN ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL COMPLAINT, THE PATIENT'S SEVERE PAIN BECAME INCREASINGLY UNBEARABLE AND SHE UNDERWENT AN ADDITIONAL SURGERY IN (B)(6) 2009. DURING THE ADDITIONAL SURGERY, THE LEGAL COMPLAINT CLAIMED THAT THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE DENSE ADHESIONS BETWEEN THE RIGHT ADNEXA AND THE BOWEL. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALSO INDICATED THAT AFTER THE ADNEXA WAS REMOVED, THE APPENDIX WAS REMOVED TO DO A COMPLETE PAIN CLEAN UP OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PELVIS.
cause not established2955842-2013-04375Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-06-06FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04770da 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 PROSTATECTOMY FOR PROSTATE CANCER PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES FOLLOW UP OPERATIVE REPORTS AND NOTES 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) 2013, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT'S FOLEY CATHETER WAS NOT DRAINING WELL. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO SURGERY FOR EXPLORATION OF BLADDER AND PELVIS WITH RECONSTRUCTION OF BLADDER NECK AND RE-ANASTAMOSIS OF BLADDER NECK. PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME ON (B)(6) 2008. NO FURTHER CLINICAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-04770Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-05-21FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04077da 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 ON (B)(6) 2008. 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 URINARY INCONTIENCE AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-04077Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-05-21FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-01076da 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 TOWARDS THE END OF A DA VINCI S GYNECOLOGIC DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY PROCEDURE, THE ASSISTANT SURGEON PLACED THE MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS (MCS) INSTRUMENT INSIDE OF THE PT'S BODY AND WAS MOVING THE INSTRUMENT OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD OF VIEW. THE CONSOLE SURGEON TOOK CONTROL OF THE INSTRUMENT WITHOUT HAVING A VISUAL OF WHERE THE INSTRUMENT WAS LOCATED AND ACTIVATED THE INSTRUMENT TIP, WHICH CREATED A TRANSECTION CUT TO THE PT'S RIGHT INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY AND RIGHT URETER. THE PROCEDURE WAS CONVERTED TO OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND A VASCULAR SURGEON AND UROLOGIST WERE CALLED IN TO REPAIR THE PT'S RIGHT INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY AND STENT THE URETER. A BLOOD TRANSFUSION WAS REQUIRED DURING THE REPAIR SURGERY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT IS RECOVERING AS PLANNED POST-OPERATIVE DAY 27.
cause not established2955842-2008-01076Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-05-12FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04263da 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 NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION AND CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: GALL BLADDER HAD LEAKED, HAD TO HAVE EMERGENCY SURGERY
cause not established2955842-2013-04263Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-05-07FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03695da 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 SUPRACERVICAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 WITH A PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF MARKEDLY LARGE UTERINE FIBROIDS WITH A 19CM UTERUS. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT DATED (B)(6) 2008, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ANY INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE PATIENT'S UTERUS, IT WAS MORCELLATED AND WAS REMOVED IN SMALL PIECES. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DOES NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION OF BOWEL OR BLADDER INJURY. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CT UROGRAM. THE FINDINGS SHOWED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA WITH THE DEFECT IN THE BLADDER BASE APPROXIMATELY 13MM IN SIZE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF RENAL OR PROXIMAL URETERAL STONES AND THE PATIENT'S LUNG BASES WERE CLEAR. THE PA
cause not established2955842-2013-03695Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-04-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-01195da 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 7/11/08, ISI RECEIVED MEDWATCH REPORT, WHICH INDICATES THAT AN ADVERSE EVENT OCCURRED IN '08, DURING THE USE OF THE DA VINCI S SURGICAL SYSTEM AND A GYNECARE X-TRACT TISSUE MORCELLATOR IN A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE FDA BY THE PT, HOWEVER, A DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT WAS NOT PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2008-01195Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-04-16FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04996da 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 S HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI S SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING THE SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SYMPTOMS OF STOOL PER VAGINA. SHE WAS RE-ADMITTED FOR A RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA. CT DRAINAGE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2008. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LAPAROTOMY WITH A COLOSTOMY FOR DEFECT OF SIGMOID COLON PERFORMED. THE PATIENT'S VAGINAL CUFF WAS ALSO NOTED AS OPEN. A PELVIC ABSCESS PRESENT WAS DRAINED. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME ON (B)(6) 2008 WITH WOUND VAC THERAPY. ON (B)(6) 2008 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SUBSEQUENT COLOSTOMY CLOSURE ON (B)(6) 2008. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2008.
cause not established2955842-2013-04996Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-04-14FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04054da 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 PROSTATECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2008. 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 INCONTIENCE AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-04054Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-04-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-01176da 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: IN 2008, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SITE EXPERIENCED A SYSTEM FAULT WHILE SETTING UP FOR A DA VINCI S PROSTATECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE. NO PT ISSUES WERE REPORTED AT THAT TIME. ON 7/3/08, ADDITIONAL INFO WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ATTENDING SURGEON WHO INDICATED THAT CONTINUOUS SYSTEM FAULTS OCCURRED AFTER THE PT PORTS WERE PLACED, RESULTING IN A 1 HOUR DELAY. DURING THE DELAY, THE PT'S ABDOMEN BECAME DEFLATED AND THE PT BUCKED VERTICALLY. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN ISI TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER VIA TELEPHONE, THE SYSTEM FAULTS WERE RESOLVED BY CLEANING THE FIBEROPTIC CABLE AND THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. THE PT RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM THREE DAYS AFTER THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED WITH THE SYSTEM AND A SMALL BOWEL LACERATION WAS DISCOVERED AND REPAIRED. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE SMALL BOWEL LACERATION WAS CAUSED AT SOME POINT IN THE PROCEDURE ON 4/1/08, WHEN THE INJURED AREA OF THE BOWEL WAS NOT IN VIEW. THIS COULD HAVE OCCURRED DURING INITIAL PLACEMENT OF THE SURGICAL PORTS, WHEN THE PT BUCKED ON THE TABLE AND THE TROCARS WERE STILL INSTALLED DURING THE SYSTEM DELAY, DURING MANIPULATION OF THE BOWEL, OR DURING AN UNOBSERVED INSERTION OF A DA VINCI S OR ASSISTANT INS
cause not established2955842-2008-01176Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-03-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03996da 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 S PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. 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 INJURIES AND DAMAGES.
cause not established2955842-2013-03996Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2008-02-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-00099da 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: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN TO THE PRODUCT, AS IT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.
cause not established2955842-2008-00099Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2008-02-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-00098da 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.
cause not established2955842-2008-00098Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-02-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03697da 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 S HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 AND ALLEGED TO HAVE INJURIES INCLUDING POSTOPERATIVE TRAUMA AND NERVE DAMAGE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-03697Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2008-02-20FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-00160da 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 MARCH 5, 2008, INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS NOTIFIED PER A CUSTOMER PROVIDED LETTER: "THIS GENTLEMEN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE MITRAL REGURGITATION. HE WAS ORIGINALLY EVALUATED FOR POSSIBLE CANDIDACY FOR TRANSMITRAL PERCUTANEOUS REPAIR. HE WAS TURNED DOWN DUE TO MITRAL ANATOMY. THE PT WAS REFERRED HERE FOR POSSIBLE ROBOTIC INTERVENTION AND AGREED TO PROCEED WITH THE SURGERY. INCIDENTLY, THE PT HAD A TEE WHICH REVEALED A VERY CALCIFIED VALVE WITH SEVERE MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION AND FAIR OVERALL EJECTION FRACTION ABOUT 50%. THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ROBOTICALLY, INITIALLY WITH FAILURE OF THE MITRAL VALVE REPAIR NECESSITATING FURTHER BYPASS AND MITRAL RING ANNULOPLASTY, WHICH ALSO FAILED-NECESSITATING MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT. MULTIPLE TRANSFUSIONS WERE GIVEN INTRAOPERATIVELY (PRBC, 16 UNITS, PLASMA-14 UNITS, CRYO-40 UNITS, PLATELETS-90 UNITS). THE PT WAS IN THE OPERATING ROOM FROM 8:30AM-12 MIDNIGHT. ULTIMATELY, THE PT DEVELOPED LOW CARDIAC OUTPUT, CARDIOGENIC SHOCK AND UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING DIATHESIS. DEMISE AT 16:35."
cause not established2955842-2008-00160Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-02-18FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04000da 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 S PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE (B)(6) 2008. 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 A URETHRAL SPHINCTER INJURY AND HAD MISSING TISSUE. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE LEGAL COMPLAINT, THE PATIENT WAS NOTIFIED IN (B)(6) 2008 OF HIS INJURY AND UNDERWENT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND PLACEMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL URETHRAL SPHINCTER TO CONTROL HIS INCONTINENCE IN (B)(6) 2009. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT FOLLOWING THE SURGERY, THE PATIENT IS IMPOTENT AND INCONTINENT. IT WAS STATED IN THE LEGAL COMPLAINT THAT THE PATIENT'S INJURIES MAY BE THE RESULT OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE OR CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM.
cause not established2955842-2013-04000Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04048da 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 PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. 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 INJURIES AND DAMAGES.
cause not established2955842-2013-04048Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-29FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04908da 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 HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, BILATERAL PELVIC AND PERIAORTIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION FOR ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA ON (B)(6) 2008. 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. THE PATIENT HAD A 6-8 WEEK SIZE UTERUS WITH GROSSLY NORMAL ADNEXA BILATERALLY. EXCELLENT HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED AND CARE WAS TAKEN TO RETRACT BOTH URETERS LATERALLY. DESPITE THE MENTION OF EXCELLENT HEMOSTASIS, 200 ML OF BLOOD LOSS OCCURRED DURING THE PROCEDURE. DURING THE PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION GREAT CARE WAS TAKEN TO IDENTIFY THE OBTURATOR NERVE AND THE URETERS SO AS NOT TO INJURE THESE STRUCTURES. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION AND SUBSEQUENTLY DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2008 FOR A TOTAL STAY OF THREE DAYS. AN OPERATIVE NOTE DATED (B)(6) 2008 NOTED A COMPLICATED POSTOPERATIVE COURSE INCLUDING ILEUS, PELVIC AND ABDOMINAL FLUID COLLECTIONS, FEVER, LEUKOCYTOSIS AND JAUND
cause not established2955842-2013-04908Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-28FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04885da 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 DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING, FIBROID TUMORS AND OVARIAN CYSTS PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A ROBOTIC VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SURGEON HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE LARGE UTERUS. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED FOR VAGINAL CUFF BLEEDING AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA DURING SURGERY. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT CONSULTED WITH A UROLOGIST AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF URINE PASSED VIA VAGINA. VCUG TESTING NOTED VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA. MD RECOMMENDED OPEN REPAIR OF FISTULA WITH OMENTAL INTERPOSITION. ON (B)(6) 2008, PATIENT WENT INTO SURGERY FOR VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA REPAIR FOLLOW UP VISIT NOTED NO LEAKAGE PER VAGINA. 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. NO FURTHER CLINIC INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-04885Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2008-01-24FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-00073da 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: IN 2008, AFTER A SINGLE VESSEL SMALL THORACOTOMY DA VINCI S PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPIRED WHILE WEANING OFF OF BYPASS. PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT APPEARED TO HAVE A HEPARIN REACTION AND EXPERIENCED A HYPOTENSIVE EVENT WITH A SYSTOLIC PRESSURE OF 39MM. THE SITE INITIATED A CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS RUN AND COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE WITHOUT EVENT. WEAN FROM BYPASS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AS PATIENT EXHIBITED STONE HEART CHARACTERISTICS. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE DAVINCI S SYSTEM WAS ALLEGED BY THE HOSPITAL, AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED INDICATES THAT THIS EVENT IS RELATED TO THE INHERENT RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BYPASS AND THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY.
cause not established2955842-2008-00073Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-18FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00343da 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 JUNE 25, 2012, A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008, PROVIDED INTUITIVE SURGICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR POSTSURGICAL EXPERIENCE. THE PATIENT INDICATED THAT THEIR PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN REMOVING CANCER, AS THE PATIENT IS STILL CANCER FREE 4.5 YEARS AFTER THE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, THE PATIENT ALLEGES NUMEROUS COMPLICATIONS THROUGH THE CASE: THE PATIENT CLAIMS THAT DURING THE SURGERY THERE WAS DAMAGE TO HIS VEIN, A SCRATCH ON HIS RIGHT EYE AND DAMAGE TO HIS PENIS CAUSING A CLOSED URETHRA. THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE LEFT HIM INCONTINENT, AND IMPOTENT. THE PATIENT ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE HAS CAUSED HIM TO HAVE PAIN DURING ORGASM, AND HAVE PAIN IN THE LEGS AND GROIN. THE PATIENT ALSO ALLEGES THAT A SECOND PROCEDURE WAS REQUIRED TO REPAIR A GROIN HERNIA. THE PATIENT ALLEGES THAT HE MIGHT NOT HAVE UNDERWENT SURGERY HAD THEY SEEN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM (B)(4), WHICH HE CLAIMS, SUGGESTS MEN NOT GET SCREENED FOR PROSTATE CANCER PARTLY BECAUSE IT RESULTS IN OVERTREATMENT.
cause not established2955842-2012-00343Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-15FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00786da 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) 2015, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A BJU INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLED, PERIOPERATIVE AND RENAL FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF ELECTIVE ROBOT-ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY (RAPN) FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH HIGH SURGICAL COMPLEXITY (VOLPE ET AL., 2014). THE JOURNAL ARTICLE NOTES SEVERAL OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. REFER TO MFR. REPORT 2955842-2015-00706 (PATIENT IDENTIFIER (B)(6)) WHICH WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED TO THE FDA AND BEFORE THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES RELATED TO THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE KNOWN. ON 04/23/2015, A CORRESPONDENCE CONTACT FOR THE JOURNAL ARTICLE PROVIDED THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES OF THE OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS NOTED WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE. IN THE RESULTS SECTION OF THE BJUI JOURNAL ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING IS STATED: IN ALL, 44 RAPNS FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH PADUA SCORES OF > 10 WERE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS; 23 TUMOURS (52.3%) WERE CT1B. THE MEDIAN (INTERQUARTILE RANGE; RANGE) OPERATIVE TIME, ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS AND WARM ISCHAEMIA (WIT) WERE 120 (94, 132; 60-230) MIN, 150 (80, 200; 25- 1200) ML AND 16 (13.8, 18; 5-35) MIN, RESPECTIVELY. TWO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED (4.5%); ONE INFERIOR VENA CAVAL INJURY AND ONE BLEED FROM THE
cause not established2955842-2015-00786Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2008-01-11FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-00056da 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 JANUARY 17, 2008, INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS NOTIFIED THAT FOLLOWING A DA VINCI S HYSTERECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PT SUFFERED FROM SEPSIS AND EXPIRED FOUR DAYS POST DA VINCI ASSISTED SURGERY.
cause not established2955842-2008-00056Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-08FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5039239da 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: ADD'L INFO RECEIVED FROM REPORTER ON 01/29/2015. IN HOSPITAL A MONTH OUT 4 HOURS. HAD TO BE READMITTED GIVEN 8 PINTS OF BLOOD. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE SIX ADD'L OPERATIONS. I HAD DA VINCI ROBOTIC SURGERY TO REMOVE MY PROSTATE. DURING MY ROBOTIC SURGERY, THE ROBOT STARTED BACK UP BY ITSELF AND DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO MY INTERNAL ORGANS. I WAS OPERATED BY A SURGEON THAT RECOMMENDED THE USE OF THE DA VINCI ROBOT. I REMAINED IN THE HOSPITAL OF 30 DAYS. AFTER MY OPERATION, I WAS GIVEN OVER 18 PINTS OF WHOLE BLOOD. ONE OF THE INTERNS THAT HELPED THE SURGEON TOLD ME THAT DURING THE SURGERY THE ROBOT WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND THAT SURGEON WENT AHEAD AND USED IT ANYWAY. WHAT RESULTED IS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF DAMAGES TO MY INTERNAL ORGANS AND I HAVE HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OPERATION A YEAR EVER SINCE I HAD THE DA VINCI ROBOTIC SURGERY. IN THE PAST SIX YEARS I HAVE HAD 6 MAJOR OPERATIONS TO REPAIR DAMAGES THAT THE DA VINCI ROBOT CAUSED TO MY INTERNAL ORGANS. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF ALMOST DYING TWICE, STAYING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR FIVE WORKS, NOT EATING, NOT WALKING. I LOST 30 POUNDS AND I WAS LEFT WITH SEVERE ANXIETY ATTACKS AND MAJOR DEPRESSION FOR WHICH I NOW HAVE TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST .
cause not establishedMW5039239Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-08FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2016-00897da 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 11/16/2016, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED FDA VOLUNTARY REPORT MW5065724 WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: I LIKE SCORES OF OTHER CLINIC PATIENTS, WAS PERMANENTLY HARMED WITH DAVINCI ROBOT. ALTHOUGH I WAS GIVEN 5500 CC OF COLLOIDS AND CRYSTALLOID DURING MY SURGERY, THE COPY AND PASTE OF OP NOTE REPORTED 150 CC BLOOD LOSS AND NO COMPLICATIONS. STATED HE HAD TROUBLE, COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING, USED A TEMPLATE, HAD TO GUESS LEAVING ANASTOMOSIS, BACTEREMIA, PEYRONIE'S DISEASE, IMPOTENT, AND TOTALLY INCONTINENT. THE GENERIC OP REPORT STATES, NO COMPLICATIONS. MY BLADDER WAS STAPLED INSTEAD OF THE FINE BASEBALL STITCHING: ADVERTISED BY THE SURGEON. A PERMANENTLY HARMED PT., INFORMED ME THAT WE WERE TEST SUBJECTS WITHOUT OUR CONSENT, BEFORE HE WAS SILENCED WITH A PAYOFF BY THE CLINIC. THE CLINIC REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME SERIAL NUMBER OR DESCRIBE THE DA VINCI FAILURES WHICH CAUSED MY HARM. I LOST MY JOB AS A (B)(6) PILOT. I AM NOW DISABLED AND IN CONSTANT PAIN. ON 12/05/2016, ISI CONTACTED THE PATIENT AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT: ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI-ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY AND WAS ALLEGEDLY LEFT DISABLED
cause not established2955842-2016-00897Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2008-01-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03915da 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) 2008. 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 INJURY TO HIS BLADDER AND OTHER ORGANS RESULTING IN URINARY INCONTINENCE AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-03915Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-11-27FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00785da 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) 2015, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A BJU INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLED, PERIOPERATIVE AND RENAL FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF ELECTIVE ROBOT-ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY (RAPN) FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH HIGH SURGICAL COMPLEXITY (VOLPE ET AL., 2014). THE JOURNAL ARTICLE NOTES SEVERAL OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. REFER TO MFR. REPORT 2955842-2015-00706 (PATIENT IDENTIFIER (B)(6)) WHICH WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED TO THE FDA AND BEFORE THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES RELATED TO THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE KNOWN. ON (B)(6) 2015, A CORRESPONDENCE CONTACT FOR THE JOURNAL ARTICLE PROVIDED THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES OF THE OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS NOTED WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE. IN THE RESULTS SECTION OF THE BJUI JOURNAL ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING IS STATED: IN ALL, 44 RAPNS FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH PADUA SCORES OF > 10 WERE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS; 23 TUMOURS (52.3%) WERE CT1B. THE MEDIAN (INTERQUARTILE RANGE; RANGE) OPERATIVE TIME, ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS AND WARM ISCHAEMIA (WIT) WERE 120 (94, 132; 60-230) MIN, 150 (80, 200; 25- 1200) ML AND 16 (13.8, 18; 5-35) MIN, RESPECTIVELY. TWO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED (4.5%); ONE INFERIOR VENA CAVAL INJURY AND ONE BLEED FROM THE
cause not established2955842-2015-00785Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-11-08FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04932da 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) 2007. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES FOLLOW UP MEDICAL RECORDS FROM PRIMARY CARE. 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) 2007 PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SYMPTOMS OF URINE LEAKAGE. ANTEGRADE URETERAL STENT WAS PLACED AND LEAKAGE STOPPED. PATIENT DISCHARGED HOME. SUBSEQUENT HEALTH REPORTS SHOW PROBLEMS WITH ONGOING INCONTINENCE, URETERAL STRICTURE, AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-04932Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-11-07FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03190da 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 INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007. THE DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED STATES THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HER SMALL BOWEL DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. IN ADDITION, THE LEGAL COMPLAINT INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A PELVIC ABSCESS POST-OPERATIVELY. THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS STATE THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A ROBOTIC ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, AND A BILATERAL PELVIC AND PARAAORTIC LYMPHADENECTOMY PROCEDURE. AFTER CLOSURE AND INSPECTION OF THE VAGINAL CUFF, A SMALL "SEROTOMY" WAS FOUND IN THE SIGMOID COLON. THE "SEROTOMY" WAS REPAIRED WITH SUTURES. UPON COMPLETION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON STATED IN THE OPERATIVE REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO COMPLICATIONS AND THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH ORAL PAIN MEDICATIONS. AT AN UNSPECIFIED TIME RIGHT AFTER THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED ABDOMINAL DISTENSION FROM ACCUMULATION OF LYMPHATIC FLUID. AFTER THE FIRS
cause not established2955842-2013-03190Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-10-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-01384da 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 PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007 WHO ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING BOWEL OBSTRUCTION ON POST OPERATIVE DAY 3 AND HAD BLADDER LEAKAGE FROM HIS PROSTATECTOMY, WHICH WAS TREATED WITH A BLADDER SLING. THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE HOSPITAL VISITS TO TREAT HIS BOWEL OBSTRUCTION AND ULTIMATELY UNDERWENT 2 ADDITIONAL SURGERIES ON (B)(6) 2011 AND (B)(6) 2011. IT WAS ALSO ALLEGED THAT THE ROBOT MALFUNCTIONED WHICH RESULTED IN INTERNAL BURNS AND NERVE DAMAGE. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORTS FOR THE DA VINCI SURGERY AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL MEDICAL RECORDS; HOWEVER, THE OPERATIVE REPORTS FOR THE 2 SUBSEQUENT SURGERIES WERE NOT PROVIDED. ACCORDING TO AN OPERATIVE REPORT DATED (B)(4) 2007, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI ROBOTIC-ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY AND RIGHT PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY FOR PROSTATE CANCER. PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE. 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-
cause not established2955842-2014-01384Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2007-10-03FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00107da 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-ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2007. 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. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE WITHOUT ANY INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. PER THE MEDICAL RECORDS, THE PATIENT WAS STARTED ON LEVAQUIN ON POST-OP DAY 2 FOR POSSIBLE CELLULITIS. SHE HAD SLOW RETURN OF BOWEL FUNCTION. THE PATIENT WAS ONLY PASSING SMALL AMOUNTS OF GAS THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF HER HOSPITAL COURSE AND FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GOING HOME. HER BOWEL REGIMEN WAS INITIATED ORALLY AND RECTALLY ON POST-OP DAY 4 AND BEGAN TO PASS GAS ON POST-OP DAY 5. SHE HAD A SMALL BOWEL MOVEMENT AND BY POST-OP DAY 6 FELT VERY COMFORTABLE GOING HOME. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2007. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT WAS SEEN IN AN ER FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE ANY BOWEL MOVEMENTS
cause not established2955842-2015-00107Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2007-09-25FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00784da 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 (B)(6) 2015, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A BJU INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLED, PERIOPERATIVE AND RENAL FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF ELECTIVE ROBOT-ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY (RAPN) FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH HIGH SURGICAL COMPLEXITY (VOLPE ET AL., 2014). THE JOURNAL ARTICLE NOTES SEVERAL OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. REFER TO MFR. REPORT 2955842-2015-00706 (PATIENT IDENTIFIER RC20155000211) WHICH WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED TO THE FDA AND BEFORE THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES RELATED TO THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE KNOWN. ON 04/23/2015, A CORRESPONDENCE CONTACT FOR THE JOURNAL ARTICLE PROVIDED THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES OF THE OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS NOTED WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE. IN THE RESULTS SECTION OF THE BJUI JOURNAL ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING IS STATED: IN ALL, 44 RAPNS FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH PADUA SCORES OF > 10 WERE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS; 23 TUMOURS (52.3%) WERE CT1B. THE MEDIAN (INTERQUARTILE RANGE; RANGE) OPERATIVE TIME, ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS AND WARM ISCHAEMIA (WIT) WERE 120 (94, 132; 60-230) MIN, 150 (80, 200; 25- 1200) ML AND 16 (13.8, 18; 5-35) MIN, RESPECTIVELY. TWO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED (4.5%); ONE INFERIOR VENA CAVAL INJURY AND ONE BLEED FR
cause not established2955842-2015-00784Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-08-24FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2007-00363da 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: ISI RECEIVED A REPORT THAT DURING A DA VINCI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON REMOVED HIS HANDS FROM THE MASTER TOOL MANIPULATOR (MTM); AT THE SAME TIME, ALL EVIDENCE INDICATES THE SURGEON DID NOT REMOVE HIS HEAD FROM THE SURGEON'S CONSOLE, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE PT SIDE MANIPULATOR ("PSM") REMAINED ENGAGED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE SURGEON'S HANDS FROM THE MTM, THE PSM DROPPED SHARPLY, CAUSING THE SCISSORS INSTRUMENT, WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON THE PSM TO INADVERTENTLY PIERCE THE PT'S UTERER. THE UTERER WAS, THEREAFTER, STENTED AND SUCCESSFULLY SUTURED BY A UROLOGIST.
cause not established2955842-2007-00363Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-08-24FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5004023da 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 HAD A HYSTERECTOMY IN 2007 USING THE DAVINCI INSTRUMENT. A SCREW FELL OUT OF THE INSTRUMENT INTO MY ABDOMEN WHICH RESULTED IN THE SURGERY TAKING 3 ADDITIONAL HOURS WHEREAS THE SURGEON MADE THE DECISION TO LEAVE THE SCREW IN MY ABDOMEN. SINCE THE SURGERY, THE SCREW REMAINS -6 WEEKS POST OP-, I HAVE HAD 2 BOUTS OF GASTROPARESIS WHICH REQUIRED A RE-HOSPITALIZATION- GASTROPARESIS CONTINUES AT 6 WEEKS POST OP-, VAGINAL BLEEDING -CONTINUES-, LEFT LEG NUMBNESS AND DELAYED WOUND HEALING-CONTINUES 6 WEEKS POST OP-. DATES OF USE: 2007. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: HYSTERECTOMY.
cause not establishedMW5004023Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2007-08-20FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5004896da 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: PT UNDERWENT ROBOTIC TECAB (TOTALLY ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERIES BYPASS) WITH 2 INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES, USING THE DA VINIC S ROBOT AND COALESCENT "U" CLIPS TO FACILITATE DISTAL ANASTOMOSES, ON A BEATING HEART. ON CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY 5 DAYS LATER, THERE WAS 80% STENOSIS OF ONE DISTAL ANASTOMOSIS, AND 40% STENOSIS OF ANOTHER.
cause not establishedMW5004896Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2007-08-16FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical SystemMW5004897da 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: ATTEMPTED TECAB (TOTALLY ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS) SURGERY USING THE DEVINIC S ROBOT AND FACULATED BY THE COALESENT U CLIP ON A BEATING HEART. ONLY 2 OUT OF 4 ARTERIES WERE BYPASSED. PT ARRESTED AT THE KIND OF THE PROCEDUSE. CPR WAS INITIATED AND THE CHEST OPENED . PT WAS CONNECTED TO CADIOPULOMONARY BYPASS AND ADDITIONAL BYPASS GRAFTS PERFORMED. PT DIED ON THE OPERATING ROOM TABLE.
cause not establishedMW5004897Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2007-08-13FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00074da 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 IN (B)(4) THAT THE SIDE RAIL WAS DAMAGED ON WELDING.
cause not established2955842-2010-00074Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-08-02FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04207da 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) 2007. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: HERNIA AND LIFE THREATENING INFECTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-04207Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-08-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03878da 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 BY COOPER ET AL TITLED, UNDERREPORTING OF ROBOTIC SURGERY COMPLICATIONS. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHORS REPORTED COMPLICATIONS REPORTED IN MAUDE DATABASE OR LEXISNEXIS, AND PACER (PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURT ELECTRONIC RECORDS) FROM JANUARY 1, 2000 TO AUGUST 1, 2012. ACCORDING TO A REPORTED INJURY IN THE ARTICLE, A PATIENT SUSTAINED NERVE DAMAGE AFTER UNDERGOING A PROLONGED UNSPECIFIED DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. THE HOSPITAL NAME, DA VINCI SYSTEM SERIAL , AND TYPE OF PROCEDURE INVOLVED WITH THIS COMPLAINT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE. ARTICLE INFORMATION: TITLE: UNDERREPORTING OF ROBOTIC SURGERY COMPLICATIONS AUTHORS: MICHOL A. COOPER, ANDREW IBRAHIM, HEATHER LYU, MARTIN A. MAKARY PUBLISHED DATE: 08/27/2013 LINK: (B)(4).
cause not established2955842-2013-03878Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-08-01FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04067da 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) 2007. 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 INJURIES AND DAMAGES.
cause not established2955842-2013-04067Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-07-20FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04933da 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 TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY/BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING, METRORRHAGIA AND CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN ON (B)(6) 2007. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH 2 OPERATIVE REPORTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES: HISTORY AND PHYSICAL - (B)(6) 2007. DISCHARGE SUMMARY (B)(6) 2007, GYN CONSULTATION (B)(6) 2007, NURSING ADMISSION H&P (B)(6) 2007, PROGRESS NOTE (B)(6) 2007. 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. AFTER PLACEMENT OF A UTERINE MANIPULATOR, DEVELOPMENT OF A PNEUMOPERITONEUM THROUGH AN INFRAUMBILICAL INCISION THE ROBOT WAS DOCKED TO THE PREVIOUSLY PLACED PORTS. THE HYSTERECTOMY WAS CARRIED OUT IN A STANDARD FASHION. THE LATERAL PELVIC LIGAMENTS TO THE UTERUS WERE CAUTERIZED AND CUT BILATERALLY USING THE CUTTING BIPOLAR AND THE SPATULA. THE BLADDER FLAP WAS DEVELOPED AND THE UTERINE VESSELS SKELETONIZED BILATERALLY. A CIRCUMFERENTIAL COLPOTOMY WAS CARRIED OUT USING SPATULA AND ELECTROCAUTERY AND
cause not established2955842-2013-04933Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-07-17FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-01470da 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 AT THE END OF A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE THE SURGICAL STAFF NOTICED A "DRIED OR BURN-LIKE" AREA AROUND THE CAMERA PORT INCISION, APPROX 2MM IN WIDTH. THE DAMAGED SKIN HAD TO BE CUFF OFF IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE INCISION. NO VISUAL DAMAGE NOR SIGNS OF MELTING WERE OBSERVED ON THE CANNULA ACCESSORY USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAMERA.
cause not established2955842-2008-01470Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2007-07-16FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2008-00038da 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: MEDWATCH UF/IMPORTER REPORT WAS REC'D AT ISI ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2007. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PREVIOUSLY INFORMED OF THIS EVENT ON JULY 25, 2007. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PT WAS LATER BROUGHT BACK TO THE OR IN 2007, TO DRAIN CLOTS WHICH HAD FORMED, HOWEVER, THE DA VINCI SYS WAS NOT USED FOR THIS PROCEDURE. THE PT DIED FOUR DAYS POST DA VINCI ASSISTED SURGERY.
cause not established2955842-2008-00038Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-07-16FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System932174da 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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
cause not established932174Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-07-05FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00188da 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 04/08/2010, ISI RECEIVED VOLUNTARY MEDWATCH (B)(4) FROM THE FDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REPORTING THE FOLLOWING: VOLUN 01-FEB-2010: MY NAME IS (B)(6). I AM THE PERSONAL REP OF THE ESTATE OF (B)(6), ON (B)(6) 2007, MY MOTHER HAD A DAVINCI ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER IN (B)(6). IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DURING THIS EVENT, DR (B)(6) LOST VISUALIZATION AND THE INSTRUMENT ON THE ROBOT CUT THE RIGHT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY LEADING TO HEMORRHAGE, CARDIOPULONARY ARREST AND NEAR EXSAGUINATION. THE INFO I HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH INDICATES THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE FDA AS A MAUDE ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DAVINCI SURGICAL ROBOT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE SUCH A REPORT DURING MY ONLINE SEARCH. PHYSICIAN: (B)(6) MD. FACILITY: (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED, INCLUDING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE FIELDS IN (B)(6).
cause not established2955842-2010-00188Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2007-07-05FDA MAUDEda Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00144da 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: ON MARCH 12, 2010, ISI RECEIVED MAUDE EVENT REPORT (B) (4) WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: MY NAME IS XXX. I AM THE PERSONAL REP OF THE ESTATE OF XXX ON XX XX 2007, MY MOTHER HAS A DA VINCI ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY AT XXX MEDICAL CENTER IN XXX. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DURING THIS EVENT DR XXX LOST VISUALIZATION AND THE INSTRUMENT ON THE ROBOT CUT THE RIGHT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY LEADING TO HEMORRHAGE, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST AND NEAR EXSANGUINATION. THE INFO I HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH INDICATES THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE FDA AS AN MAUDE ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DA VINCI SURGICAL ROBOT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE SUCH A REPORT DURING MY ONLINE SEARCH. PHYSICIAN XXX. MEDICAL FACILITY XXX. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2010-00144Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗