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Death reported2010-12-08FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-00358da 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 SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 AND SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED AWAY ON (B)(6) 2011. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE DA VINCI SURGICAL OPERATIVE REPORT FOR A MODIFIED RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, BILATERAL LYMPHADENECTOMY, AND DEBULKING OF LEFT OBTURATOR ADENOPATHY WAS PERFORMED FOR CLINICAL STAGE IA2 ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES: DISCHARGE SUMMARIES, SUBSEQUENT OPERATIVE REPORTS, AND A DEATH CERTIFICATE. 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 WAS DISMISSED TO THE RECOVERY ROOM AND THEN DISCHARGED IN STABLE CONDITION ON (B)(6) 2010, THE SAME DAY. THE DISCHARGE SUMMARY NOTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS DISCHARGED IN STABLE CONDITION. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS DATED (B)(6) 2010 THROUGH (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED COMPLICATIONS THAT INCLUDED VAGINAL LEAKING, ABDOMINAL PAIN, ACUTE RENAL FAILURE, PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIO
cause not established2955842-2014-00358Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-12-07FDA MAUDEAccuray2950679-2011-00001CyberKnife
CyberKnife — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: COMPLICATIONS WERE DESCRIBED IN A CLINICAL PUBLICATION TITLED, 'STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY FOR HEAD AND NECK TUMOR: DISEASE CONTROL AND MORBIDITY OUTCOMES.' ACCURAY CONTACTED THE PHYSICIAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TREATMENTS. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE COMPLICATIONS WERE NOT DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE CYBERKNIFE SYSTEM. THE PTS DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE DUE TO THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF DISEASE; CYBERKNIFE TREATMENT WAS THE ONLY TREATMENT OPTION FOR THESE PTS. THE PTS RECEIVED PRIOR RADIOTHERAPY AND WERE UNDERGOING RE-IRRADIATION BY THE CYBERKNIFE SYSTEM IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL RECURRENT DISEASE. THE REPORTED TOXICITIES EXPERIENCED BY THE PTS ARE KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH RE-IRRADIATION.
cause not established2950679-2011-00001AccurayRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-12-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2011-00061da 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 RECTOPEXY PROCEDURE THE SURGEON EXPERIENCED VISUALIZATION ISSUES DUE THE PATIENT'S EXTREMELY LARGE UTERUS. DUE TO THE POOR VISION, THE SURGEON INADVERTENTLY HIT A VESSEL OVER THE SACRAL PROMONTORY AND UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING OCCURRED. AS A RESULT, THE SURGEON CONVERTED TO TRADITIONAL OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES TO MAINTAIN THE BLEEDING AND COMPLETE THE PLANNED PROCEDURE. THE DELAY IN REPORTING IS A RESULT OF THE COMPLAINT HANDLING TEAM MISTAKENLY BELIEVING THAT THE COMPLAINT INFORMATION HAD ALREADY BEEN RECORDED IN THE COMPLAINT DATABASE.
cause not established2955842-2011-00061Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-12-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-00040da 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, INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED A LEGAL SUMMONS ALLEGING A PATIENT WAS BURNED AND THE SYSTEM TORE TISSUES OF THE PATIENT'S RECTUM, CAUSING A FISTULA WHICH REQUIRED SUBSEQUENT HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MULTIPLE SURGICAL PROCEDURES. IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT REMAINS INJURED TODAY AS A RESULT. IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT IS PERMANENTLY AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT HAS SUFFERED SEVERE PHYSICAL HARM AND SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE WAS (B)(6) 2010.
cause not established2955842-2013-00040Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-22FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-01740da 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 A LEGAL COMPLAINT WITH THE FOLLOWING ALLEGATION RELATED TO A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2010: THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT ON (B)(6) 2010, THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, AND AS A RESULT OF THE REPORTED ISSUE, THE PATIENT ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED GRIEVOUS AND PERMANENT PERSONAL INJURIES, PAIN, SUFFERING, AND LOSS OF ENJOYMENT OF LIFE, AGGRAVATION, EXACERBATION AND WORSENING OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND INCURRED PECUNIARY DAMAGES, MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, REHABILITATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES, AND LOSS OF ABILITY TO WORK.
cause not established2955842-2013-01740Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-22FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03988da 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) 2010. 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 established2955842-2013-03988Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-19FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2015-00670da 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 WAS SCHEDULED TO UNDERGO A DA VINCI MYOMECTOMY PROCEDURE. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE HOSPITAL'S RISK OCCURRENCE REPORT FROM THE HOSPITAL'S RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. THE RISK OCCURRENCE REPORT INDICATED THAT DURING PLACEMENT OF A LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICE, UNEXPECTED BLEEDING FROM THE PATIENT OCCURRED. AS A RESULT, THE SURGEON MADE THE DECISION TO PERFORM AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE PATIENT'S BLEEDING. A VASCULAR SURGEON WAS CONSULTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2015-00670Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-17FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2011-00029da 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 ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL DA VINCI S PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE, HOWEVER, ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT BECAME FEBRILE AND BEGAN EXPERIENCING LOW ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT HAD A FEVER AND BLOOD IN HIS STOOL. ON (B)(6) 2010, A CT SCAN REVEALED THAT THE PATIENT HAD POSSIBLY DEVELOPED GENERALIZED PERITONITIS. A RE-OPERATION WAS PERFORMED AND A SIGMOID COLON PERFORATION WAS DISCOVERED. OPEN DRAINAGE WAS PERFORMED AND AN ARTIFICIAL ANUS WAS CREATED. BASED ON THE LAPAROTOMY FINDINGS, THE SYMPTOM SEEMED TO BE DELAYED FISTULATION. THE PATIENT RECOVERED AND WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2010.
cause not established2955842-2011-00029Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-11FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03733da 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) 2010, AND ALLEGED TO HAVE SUSTAINED A URETERAL INJURY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-03733Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-10FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemMW5038187da 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 UNDERWENT ROBOTIC PROSTATE SURGERY AT (B)(6) WITH (B)(6) (NOW AT (B)(6)) ON (B)(6) 2010. OPERATING NOTES SHOWED PERFECT RESULTS. I LATER DISCOVERED USING OUTSIDE UROLOGIST, THAT MY URINARY SPHINCTER HAD BEEN CUT FROM 2 TO 8 O'CLOCK, AND WAS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT WITHOUT ANY HOPE OF RECOVERY. I SUPPLIED (B)(6) WITH THE FINDINGS AND THE UROLOGIST REPORT, WHICH HE RUDELY DISREGARDS AND FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY. I ASKED HOW THIS OP NOTES SHOWED NO TRACE OF ANY ISSUES, TO WHICH HE MADE DEFLECTIVE STATEMENTS. HIS ACTIONS REFLECT THAT OF GUILT AND COVERING UP ADVERSE EVENTS. I APPROACHED THE HOSP WITH THE SAME RESULTS AS THEY POINTED OUT THAT THE OPERATING NOTES SHOWED NO ISSUES. I AM PROOF THAT THERE WERE ADVERSE RESULTS, BEING DESCRIBED AS UNIVERSALLY INCONTINENT AND IMPOTENT DUE TO ROBOTIC SURGERY. (B)(6) HAS CHOSEN TO COVER UP THE NEGATIVE OUTCOME.
cause not establishedMW5038187Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-08FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04035da 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 SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010. 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 established2955842-2013-04035Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-00115da 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: ACCORDING TO ALLEGATIONS MADE IN A LAWSUIT, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED AN INFECTION AND VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA POST A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY AND GALL BLADDER PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM CRAMPING AND BLADDER PROBLEMS. THROUGHOUT THIS TIME PERIOD, THE PATIENT HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN UNABLE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS AND HAS SUFFERED EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. THE PATIENT HAD TO HAVE ADDED MEDICAL TESTS AND ADDITIONAL SURGERY AND HAS SUFFERED PAIN, LOSS OF FUNCTION, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND PERMANENT INJURY.
cause not established2955842-2013-00115Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-05394da 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 UF/REPORT (B)(4) WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. SHE DEVELOPED A VAGINAL LEAKAGE AND NOTED TO HAVE ON AN INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM (IVP) AND A CT SCAN, A HIGH-GRADE OBSTRUCTION IN THE DISTAL LEFT URETER. SHE UNDERWENT A CYSTOSCOPIC EVALUATION, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH A LOW LEVEL INJURY. A NEPHROSTOMY TUBE WAS PLACED. SHE HAD DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTAL FISTULA FORMATION BETWEEN THE URETER AND THE VAGINAL WALL ASSOCIATED WITH INCONTINENCE.
cause not established2955842-2013-05394Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2011-00343da 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: IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT THAT THREE WEEKS POST, A SUCCESSFUL DA VINCI S HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS READMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL AND FOUND TO HAVE A SEVERED URETER.
cause not established2955842-2011-00343Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-02FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00510da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI SI SACROCOLPOPEXY WITH HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, WHILE THE SURGEON WAS DISSECTING THE I.P. LIGAMENTS AND ROUND LIGAMENTS, THE PATIENTS URETER WAS FOUND TO BE INJURED. A UROLOGIST WAS CALLED INTO THE CASE TO PERFORM A URETEROTOMY AND SUCCESSFUL ANASTOMOSIS OF THE URETER. THE PROCEDURE WAS DELAYED APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES FOR THE URETER INJURY REPAIR, HOWEVER THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED.
cause not established2955842-2010-00510Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-11-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03924da 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 TOTAL BENIGN HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010. 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 established2955842-2013-03924Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-28FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04890da 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 PROSTATECTOMY FOR ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE ON (B)(6) 2010. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES CONSULTATIONS, PATHOLOGY REPORTS. THERE WAS NOT AN INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY .THERE WAS A REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION HOWEVER. DURING THE POSTERIOR DISSECTION OF THE PROSTATE, AN AREA OF ADHERENCE TO THE RECTUM WAS NOTED AND IN CONTINUING WITH THE DISSECTION, A 1CM INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO THE RECTUM WAS NOTED. THE ENTRY WAS CLOSED AND THE PROSTATECTOMY WAS COMPLETED. COLORECTAL SURGERY WAS CONSULTED AND A DECISION TO PERFORM A DIVERTING ILEOSTOMY WAS MADE. THE RECTAL INJURY WAS REPAIRED AND EVALUATED BY COLORECTAL SURGERY AS WELL. THE PATIENT RECOVERED WITH ONLY A TEMPORARY LAPSE IN BOWEL FUNCTION. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL IN GOOD CONDITION (B)(6) 2010. THE PATIENT HAS INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHEDULE TAKE DOWN OF THE ILEOSTOMY IN 3 MONTHS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
cause not established2955842-2013-04890Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-10-25FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00460da 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: WHILE GATHERING INFORMATION FOR A STUDY, THE SURGEON WAS MADE AWARE OF 3 EVENTS THAT OCCURRED 4 TO 7 DAYS POST A DA VINCI S TORS PROCEDURE WHERE THE PATIENT EXPIRED SECONDARY TO COMPLICATION RELATED TO THEIR CANCER. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITHOUT SUCCESS. FOR THESE SIMILAR EVENTS, PLEASE SEE MDR'S 2955842-2010-00461 AND 2955842-2010-00462.
cause not established2955842-2010-00460Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-10-25FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00461da 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: WHILE GATHERING INFORMATION FOR A STUDY, THE SURGEON WAS MADE AWARE OF 3 EVENTS THAT OCCURRED 4 TO 7 DAYS POST A DA VINCI S TORS PROCEDURE WHERE THE PATIENT EXPIRED SECONDARY TO COMPLICATION RELATED TO THEIR CANCER. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITHOUT SUCCESS. FOR THESE SIMILAR EVENTS, PLEASE SEE MDR'S 2955842-2010-00460 AND 2955842-2010-00462.
cause not established2955842-2010-00461Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-10-25FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00462da 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: WHILE GATHERING INFORMATION FOR A STUDY, THE SURGEON WAS MADE AWARE OF 3 EVENTS THAT OCCURRED 4 TO 7 DAYS POST A DA VINCI S TORS PROCEDURE WHERE THE PATIENT EXPIRED SECONDARY TO COMPLICATION RELATED TO THEIR CANCER. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITHOUT SUCCESS. FOR THESE SIMILAR EVENTS, PLEASE SEE MDR'S 2955842-2010-00460 AND 2955842-2010-00461.
cause not established2955842-2010-00462Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-22FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00064da 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 PT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010, PROVIDED INTUITIVE SURGICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR POSTSURGICAL EXPERIENCE. THE PT INDICATED THAT THEIR PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED IN 5.5 HOURS AND THE DAY AFTER SURGERY, THEIR JP DRAIN FILLED WITH URINE AND LEAKING OUTSIDE OF THE CATHETER OCCURRED. THE PT SPENT 6 RECOVERY DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL. THEIR LEAKING CATHETER WAS IN PLACE FOR 5 WEEKS, WITH THE JP DRAIN IN PLACE FOR 5+ WEEKS. THE PT REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE LEFT THEM INCONTINENT AND IMPOTENT. THE PT ALSO INDICATED THAT A SECOND SURGERY HAS BEEN PLANNED TO INSTALL AN IUS (INTERNAL URETHRAL SUPPORT). THE PT ALLEGES THAT THEIR SURGERY OUTCOME MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF THE PROCEDURE HAD BEEN PERFORMED BY A "QUALIFIED" SURGEON.
cause not established2955842-2012-00064Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-20FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03498da 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 HYSTERECTOMY AND RECTOCELE REPAIR PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 DUE TO ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND UTERINE FIBROIDS. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION IN THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ANY INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. IT WAS STATED THAT THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THE PATIENT'S POST-OPERATIVE CARE WAS NOT PROVIDED TO ISI. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS PROVIDED TO ISI, ON (B)(6) 2011 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ENTEROCEL REPAIR, CYSTOSCOPY, VAGINAL REPAIR DUE TO ACUTE PROLAPSE OF THE INTESTINE THROUGH THE VAGINA. THE PATIENT ALSO UNDERWENT DIAGNOSTIC ARTHROSCOPY AND ABDOMINAL WASHOUT AND FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY DUE TO INTESTINAL EVISCERATION VIA THE VAGINAL CUFF. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURES WELL AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE RECOVERY ROOM WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. ON (B)(6) 2011,
cause not established2955842-2013-03498Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-20FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04853da 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 AND LYSIS OF ADHESIONS FOR A HISTORY OF DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND UTERINE FIBROIDS ON (B)(6) 2012. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT FOR THE PRIMARY SURGERY AND THE FOLLOW-UP HERNIA REPAIR PROCEDURES. REVIEW OF THE PATIENT'S OP REPORT FOUND NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI S SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. UPON INITIAL ENTRY, THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE DENSE ADHESIONS OF THE OMENTUM TO THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL WHICH WERE TAKEN DOWN. THE ROUND LIGAMENTS, UTEROOVARIAN LIGAMENTS AND UTERINE ARTERIES WERE IDENTIFIED, CAUTERIZED AND DIVIDED IN A SEQUENTIAL MANNER. THE BLADDER FLAP WAS DEVELOPED, THE CARDINAL AND UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENTS WERE DISSECTED, AND THE CERVIX CIRCUMSCRIBED AT THE LEVEL OF THE V-CARE UTERINE MANIPULATOR. THE UTERUS WAS DELIVERED THROUGH THE VAGINA AND THE VAGINAL CUFF CLOSED WITH VICRYL SUTURE. EXTENSIVE DISSECTION OF REMAINING ADHESIONS WAS DONE WITH EVICEL FIBRIN SEALANT PLACES OVER THE RAW SURFACES, BUT THE RIGHT OVARY WAS LEFT IN SITU AS IT WAS ADHERED OVE
cause not established2955842-2013-04853Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-19FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04939da 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 PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 FOR ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDED HOSPITAL AND OPERATIVE RECORDS THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS A REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION, SPECIFICALLY A RECTAL INJURY. THE RECTAL INJURY WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED BY THE UROLOGIC SURGEON AND A GENERAL SURGEON AS WELL. THE INJURED AREA WAS SMALL. IT WAS IRRIGATED PRIOR TO AND AFTER REPAIR. THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED BY THE GENERAL SURGEON IN 3 LAYERS. IT WAS TESTED AND FOUND TO BE AIR AND WATER TIGHT. ANTIBIOTICS HAD BEEN GIVEN PREOPERATIVELY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED
cause not established2955842-2013-04939Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-19FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04850da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 FOR UNSPECIFIED REASONS. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT AND A SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORT. PROGRESS NOTES FROM (B)(6) 2011 NOTE THE EXISTENCE OF A RECTANGULAR AREA OF 30 X 40CM IN THE SHAPE OF A HEATING PAD THAT MIGHT BE A BURN FROM EXCESSIVE HEATING PAD USE. THIS WAS CIRCLED WITH AN ASTERISK. HER VAGINAL CUFF WAS NOTED TO BE NOT YET COMPLETELY HEALED, BUT LOOKED GOOD. 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 PROCEDURE ITSELF WAS UNREMARKABLE AND GOOD HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED. ADHESIONS OF THE SIGMOID COLON TO THE LEFT PELVIC SIDEWALL WERE NOTED. SURGICEL WAS PLACED OVER THE VAGINAL CUFF TO ENSURE HEMOSTASIS. THE URETERS WERE INSPECTED AND NOTED TO BE PERISTALSING NICELY AND LATERAL TO THE UTERINE PEDICLES BILATERALLY. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6) 2011, AN OPERATIVE NOTE STATED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH PAIN OF 'O
cause not established2955842-2013-04850Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-18FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2017-00174da 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 UNDERGOING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT CLAIMED THAT HE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS: RIGHT LEG PAIN, INCISIONAL HERNIA THREE MONTHS POST-OPERATIVELY, AND HEMATURIA, INCONTINENCE, AND FREQUENT URGE TO URINATE. ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE FOUR YEARS POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT ALLEGED THAT HE DISCOVERED BLOOD IN HIS URINE AND AN INITIAL X-RAY SHOWED THAT HE HAD STONES. WHEN HE FOLLOWED UP WITH A UROLOGIST, THE PATIENT CLAIMED THAT X-RAY FINDINGS REVEALED THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD UNSPECIFIED CLIPS, AND NOT STONES AS INITIALLY REPORTED. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT, HE UNDERWENT AN UNSPECIFIED CATHETER PROCEDURE TO REMOVE THE CLIPS. HOWEVER, THE SOURCE OF THE CLIPS IS UNKNOWN. IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY THE CLIPS WERE INITIALLY PLACED. THERE IS NO ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY HAD OCCURRED DURING THE PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE. ON 03/23/2017, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CONTACTED THE SURGEON'S OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. HOWEVER, THE SURGEON WAS UNWILLING TO RELEASE ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PATIENT OR DA VINCI-ASSI
cause not established2955842-2017-00174Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-10-15FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-00355da 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 ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED PYLORUS-SPARING PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY (WHIPPLE) PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 TO REMOVE A PANCREATIC MASS, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE AN INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASM WITH MODERATE DYSPLASIA. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. PER 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) 2010, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH DIFFUSE ABDOMINAL PAIN. ABDOMINAL FLUID COLLECTION CULTURE + FOR E.COLI. DRAINAGE OF FLUID. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED EXTREME HYPOTENSION WITH INTRABDOMINAL BLEEDING. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT WENT IN FOR A LAPAROTOMY. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT HAD LAPAROTOMY INTRAABDOMINAL FUNGAL INFECTION AND MULTIPLE REVISIONS. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT HAD LAPAROTOMY WITH ABD WASHOUT AND MULTIPLE REVISIONS. ON (B)(6) 2010, ATTEMPT TO CLOSE ABDOMEN. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT EXPIRED FROM COMPLICATIONS PRESUMED TO BE MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS AND BOWEL ISCHEMIA. NO F
cause not established2955842-2014-00355Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-14FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00557da 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 17 HOURS AFTER A DA VINCI S PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, THE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED AND BLEEDING WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE. A BLOOD TRANSFUSION WAS PERFORMED AND A HEMATOMA EVACUATION WAS CONDUCTED BY OPEN SURGERY. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND NO ANOMALIES WITH THE SYSTEM WERE NOTICED.
cause not established2955842-2010-00557Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-14FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02493da 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 A LEGAL COMPLAINT CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI BILATERAL SALPINGO OOPHORECTOMY AND HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO HER URETERS AND SUFFERED SEVERE AND PERMANENT INJURIES INCLUDING SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES. IN ADDITION, THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT SHE SUSTAINED PAIN AND SUFFERING, DISABILITY, PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT, MENTAL IMPAIRMENT, DISFIGUREMENT, MENTAL ANGUISH, INCONVENIENCE AND LOSS OF CAPACITY FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE, ALL OF WHICH ARE CONTINUING AND ARE PERMANENT IN NATURE. SHE HAS INCURRED MEDICAL AND RELATED EXPENSES AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCUR SUCH EXPENSES IN THE FUTURE. SHE HAS LOST WAGES IN THE PAST AND HAS SUFFERED A LOSS OF EARNING CAPACITY WHICH IS CONTINUING AND PERMANENT IN NATURE.
cause not established2955842-2013-02493Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-13FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04870da 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 HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY FOR INVASIVE ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX ON (B)(6) 2010. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT FOR THE PRIMARY SURGERY AND THE FOLLOW UP RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERIES. NO MEDICAL HISTORY WAS AVAILABLE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY WAS PERFORMED IN THE STANDARD MANNER WITH SEQUENTIAL CAUTERIZATION AND DIVISION OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES, UTERO-OVARIAN LIGAMENTS, UTERINE VESSELS, CARDINAL LIGAMENT AND UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENTS. COLPOTOMY WAS PERFORMED WITH ELECTROCAUTERY AND SHARP DIVISION WITH A 2 CM VAGINAL MARGIN. THE SPECIMEN WAS DELIVERED THROUGH THE VAGINA, AND THE VAGINAL CUFF CLOSED WITH V-LOC SUTURE AND ONE ADDITIONAL 2-0 VICRYL SUTURE. LYMPHADENECTOMY WAS PERFORMED FROM THE COMMON ILIAC VESSELS TO THE DEEP CIRCUMFLEX VEIN AND POSTERIORLY TO THE OBTURATOR NERVE. THE URETERS WERE OBSERVED TO BE PERISTALSING NORMALLY, AND THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. ON (B)(6) 201
cause not established2955842-2013-04870Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-07FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03151da 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 UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING. THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY HAD A SMALL PERFORATION OF THE BLADDER DURING THE PROCEDURE, WHICH THE SURGEON REPAIRED. THE SURGEON REPAIRED THE BLADDER INJURY BUT ALSO REQUESTED AN INTRAOPERATIVE CONSULT FROM ANOTHER SURGEON TO PERFORM A CYSTOSCOPY TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES OR INJURIES AND TO ASSESS DRAINAGE FROM THE URETERAL ORIFICES. THE BLADDER WAS FOUND TO BE FULLY DISTENDED AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT EXTRAVASATION OF URINE OR LEAKAGE. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO RECOVERY IN STABLE CONDITION. THE OPERATIVE REPORTS DID NOT CONTAIN ANY REPORT OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS, OR ACCESSORIES THAT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE BLADDER INJURY. TEN DAYS AFTER THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE ((B)(6) 2010), THE PATIENT HAD HER FOLLOWUP APPOINTMENT TO REMOVE THE FOLEY CATHETER. DURING THIS VISIT, SHE HAD COMPLAINTS OF A MALODOROUS VAGINAL DISCH
cause not established2955842-2013-03151Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-06FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04649da 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) 2010. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OF URINARY INCONTINENCE AND A HERNIA.
cause not established2955842-2013-04649Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-06FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-05001da 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 HYSTERECTOMY WITH BSO AND CYSTOSCOPY FOR MENORRHAGIA AND OVARIAN CYSTS ON (B)(6) 2010. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES HOSPITAL OPERATIVE AND RADIOLOGY REPORTS. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE ER COMPLAINING OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. A CT SCAN PERFORMED SHOWED THAT THE PATIENT HAD URETERAL INJURIES. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CYSTO FOR POSSIBLE BILATERAL URETERAL INJURY. DIAGNOSIS WA DEFINITE RIGHT URETERAL EXTRAVASATION. THE LEFT SIDE - NO EVIDENCE OF INJURY. BILATERAL STENTS WERE PLACED AT THIS PROCEDURE. ALSO, CT GUIDED DRAINAGE OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL FLUID COLLECTION DURING THIS ADMISSION. THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT WAS FOLLOWED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED AND AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY WAS PERFORMED WITH A RIGHT URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY WITH BOARI
cause not established2955842-2013-05001Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-10-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00422da 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 10 DAYS POST A DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH UNKNOWN SYMPTOMS AND EXPIRED. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT'S DEMISE WAS UNRELATED TO THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM.
cause not established2955842-2010-00422Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-10-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04900da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS AND FIBROIDS. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL OPERATIVE REPORTS AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION 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. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH URINARY LEAKAGE. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CYSTOSCOPY FOLLOWED BY AN ABDOMINAL REPAIR OF VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA. THE PATIENT REPORTED PAINFUL INTERCOURSE. NO OTHER RECORDS WERE PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-04900Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-10-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00420da 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 ONE WEEK POST A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEPSIS. THE PATIENT HAD A DO NOT RESUSCITATE (DNR) ORDER ON FILE AND EXPIRED ONE WEEK LATER. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT'S DEMISE WAS UNRELATED TO THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM.
cause not established2955842-2010-00420Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-29FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-00608da 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, A PATIENT CONTACTED ISI EMPLOYEE TO REPORT THAT ON (B)(6) 2010, HE HAD A MITRAL VALVE REPAIR SURGERY PERFORMED WITH A DA VINCI S SURGICAL ROBOT SYSTEM AT (B)(6). ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE PATIENT, IT WAS INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL WELL AFTER THE SURGERY, AND HE HAD TO RETURN FOR A SECOND OPEN SURGERY TO REPAIR THREE PROBLEMS, WHICH HE WAS TOLD WERE A RESULT OF THE FIRST DA VINCI PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT WAS INFORMED BY THE SECOND SURGEON WHO PERFORMED THE CORRECTIVE SURGERY THAT THE FIRST DA VINCI ROBOTIC SURGERY PROCEDURE TOOK 90 MINUTES LONGER THAN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, AND THAT THE PROBLEMS HE SUFFERED WERE DUE TO ERRORS MADE BY THE FIRST SURGEON. THE PATIENT INDICATED THAT HE STILL HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ISSUES, AND HE IS NOW WEARING A PACEMAKER.
cause not established2955842-2013-00608Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-09-28FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-01020da 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 AND BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY FOR PELVIC MASS WITH ELEVATED CA-125 ON (B)(6) 2010 AND AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED AWAY. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT, PRE-SURGERY CLINIC NOTE, HOSPITAL ADMISSION NOTE, DISCHARGE SUMMARY AND PATHOLOGY REPORT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING THE DA VINCI SURGERY. THE OPERATIVE REPORT WAS BRIEF AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING AFTER THE TITLE OPERATION. ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS WAS LESS THAN 100 CC. THE OPERATIVE REPORT STATES THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE INTRAABDOMINAL ADHESIONS IN THE SITE OF THE PATIENT'S PREVIOUS SURGERY. FURTHERMORE IT STATES, EXTENSIVE ADHESIONS WERE LYSED AWAY FROM THE OPERATIVE FIELD IN ORDER TO SAFELY PLACE INSTRUMENTS. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, THE RIGHT LATERAL ROBOTIC PORT WAS PLACED. IT CONTINUES, THE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS TOOK APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES AND WAS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE OPERATIVE TIME. THE DISCHARGE SUMMARY STATES THAT THE PATIENT HAD POSTOPERATIVE MILD CONGES
cause not established2955842-2014-01020Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-09-28FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-02996da 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)(4) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED A LEGAL COMPLAINT CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT IN THE IMMEDIATE DAYS FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN AND EXTREME DISTENSION OF ABDOMEN, TROUBLE STANDING OR WALKING, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, LACK OF BOWEL MOVEMENTS AND FLATUS, AND BLACK FOUL SMELLING EMESIS. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALSO INDICATED THAT ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE AND ADMITTED FOR SEVERE ABDOMINAL SEPSIS AND INFLAMMATION OF THE ABDOMEN AND ABDOMINAL TISSUE. IN ADDITION, THE PATIENT WAS OPERATED ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADMITTANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL COMPLAINT, DURING THE OPERATION, DOCTORS OBSERVED THE PATIENT WAS SEPTIC AND HAD A PUNCTURED COLON. THE PATIENT WAS KEPT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) IN SEVERE CRITICAL CONDITION MAINTAINED BY A VENTILATOR, SO THAT THE DOCTORS COULD CONTINUE TO TREAT HER. ALSO, THE LEGAL COMPLAINT INDICATED THAT DESPITE INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES EVERY TWO DAYS OVER THE DURATION OF TWO WEEKS IN ATTEMPT TO TREAT THE PATIENT, THE SEPSIS WAS
cause not established2955842-2013-02996Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-09-27FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00613da 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 ALLEGED THAT DURING A DA VINCI S PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED CUTS AND LACERATIONS, CAUSING INJURY TO THE AORTA, LEFT RENAL ARTERY, SPLENIC VEIN AND PROXIMAL RENAL VEIN. IT IS ALSO ALLEGED THAT DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE THE PATIENT SUSTAINED PERFORATION OF THE PANCREAS. THE SURGEON DECIDED TO CONVERT THE PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE TO A RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE. A SPECIALIST WAS CALLED IN TO ASSIST WITH IDENTIFICATION AND REPAIR OF THE DAMAGE ORGANS AND VESSELS. IT IS ALLEGED THAT BETWEEN (B)(6) 2010 AS RESULTS OF THE VARIOUS INJURIES AND IN PARTICULAR THE UNREPAIRED AND UNTREATED INJURY TO THE PANCREAS, HEMORRHAGIC DEBRIS AND FLUID ACCUMULATED IN THE CONTIGUOUS RESIDUAL CAVITY, CAUSING AND/OR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RIGHT PLEURAL EFFUSION AND PERICARDIAL EFFUSION. ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2012, ISI BECAME AWARE THAT THE PATIENT EXPIRED ON (B)(6) 2010.
cause not established2955842-2012-00613Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-24FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00453da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI S NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON EXPERIENCED VISUALIZATION ISSUES RELATED TO THE PATIENT'S ANATOMY AND AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT'S AORTA WAS INADVERTENTLY DAMAGED AND THE SURGEON MADE THE DECISION TO CONVERT TO OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES TO COMPLETE THE PLANNED PROCEDURE.
cause not established2955842-2010-00453Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-15FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03198da 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 07/25/2013 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION, INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS, OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 FOR DYSMENORRHEA, MENORRHAGIA, AND DYSPAREUNIA. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT FOR THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON FOUND A RETROVERTED FIBROID UTERUS, NO EVIDENCE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS, AND NORMAL APPEARING OVARIES AND APPENDIX. THE REPORT MENTIONED THE USE OF THE BIPOLAR CAUTERY, AND ENDOSHEARS INSTRUMENTS DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY DA VINCI SYSTEM OR INSTRUMENT MALFUNCTION OCCURRING DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS TAKEN THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. NO COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED. THE PATIENT WAS SENT HOME POSTOPERATIVE DAY 2. ON (B)(6) 2010 THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE MEDICAL RECORD INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT WAS HAVING SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, FEVER, AND BLOODY STOOL. A CAT SCAN WAS DONE ON THE PELVIS AND ABDOMEN SHOWING FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH INFLAMMATORY OR INFECTIOUS PROCESS WITHIN THE POST-SURGICAL SITE WITH FLUID COLLECTIONS
cause not established2955842-2013-03198Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-09-13FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00452da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI S GASTRECTOMY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2010, THE SURGEON NOTICED THAT THE PATIENT'S PANCREAS WAS DAMAGED. THE SURGEON REPAIRED THE DAMAGED PANCREAS AND THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. POST-OPERATIVELY, THERE WAS OCCLUSION OF THE PATIENT'S SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY AND NECROSIS OF THE COLON OCCURRED. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ANOTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO RESECT HIS BOWEL. NECROTIZING FASCIITIS OCCURRED AFTER THE SURGERY AND THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY ON (B)(6) 2010, DUE TO MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE.
cause not established2955842-2010-00452Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-09-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2010-00419da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST A DA VINCI SI SACROCOLPOPEXY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS FOUND TO TO HAVE ILEUS. SEVERAL PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED; HOWEVER, THE PATIENT EXPIRED. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT'S DEMISE WAS UNRELATED TO THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM.
cause not established2955842-2010-00419Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-02FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04881da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 FOR FIBROIDS WITH MENORRHAGIA AND FAILED PREVIOUS NOVASURE. ISI 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 A REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. THE PROCEDURE WAS UNREMARKABLE. THE BLADDER WAS DENSELY ADHERED TO THE LOWER LINING OF THE UTERINE SEGMENT FROM A PREVIOUS CAESARIAN SECTION. NONETHELESS THE CORRECT PLANE WAS IDENTIFIED AND THE BLADDER DISSECTED SAFELY OFF. THE COLPOTOMY WAS PERFORMED AND THE VAGINA CLOSED UNEVENTFULLY. THE PATIENT WAS AWOKEN AND TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. SHE WAS DISCHARGED THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A TOTAL STAY OF 2 DAYS. ON (B)(6) 2010, SHE PRESENTED TO THE ER WITH SEVERE LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN AND CRAMPING. A CT SCAN REVEALED A LARGE AMOUNT OF STOOL IN HER COLON. ON (B)(6) 2010, SHE PRESENTED WITH PERITONITIS AND ON (B)(6) 2010 UNDERWENT AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY THAT INCLUDED THE LYSIS OF MULTIPLE BOWEL ADHESIONS, AN ABDOMINAL WASHOUT, THE P
cause not established2955842-2013-04881Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00215da 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 PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS FOUND POSTED ON THE (B)(4): I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A T1CNXMX GLEASON 6 ADENOCARCINOMA, 2 OF 6 BIOPSIES IN (B)(6) 2010. THOUGHT ROBOTIC SURGERY WOULD BE THE BEST TYPE OF SURGERY AVAILABLE. THE FIRST UROLOGIST BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO SELL THE ROBOTIC SURGERY AND MY WIFE AND I AGREED BASED ON THE FAST HEALING TIME AS ALL OTHER OUTCOMES WOULD BE THE SAME AS OPEN SURGERY. BASED ON MY DIAGNOSIS, I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE AN EXCELLENT CHANCE OF CURE AND A FAST RECOVERY. DA VINCI WEBSITE AND THE SURGEON ALLUDED TO GREAT EXPECTATIONS, I HAD THE SURGERY IN (B)(6) 2010. OUTCOME WAS ATROCIOUS, URINARY TRACT DAMAGE, UTI, BLADDER AND KIDNEY INFECTION, 12 MONTHS OF PERINEAL PAIN AND PHYSIO TO HELP TREAT IT AND STILL REQUIRE PHYSIO OCCASIONALLY (THE PHYSIO MAN THOUGHT DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY NERVE DAMAGE RELATED TO POSTURAL ISSUES DURING SURGERY), INCONTINENCE, IMPOTENCE AND AT LASTLY AN INCISIONAL HERNIA FROM A VERY LARGE OVERSIZED PORT ABOVE MY NAVEL (6CM LONG OR 2.5 INCHES) DA VINCI WEBSITE SAYS 1/2 INCH (12MM) PORTS. NOW MY STOMACH LOOKS VERY DISTORTED FROM HAVING A VERY LARGE MESH INSERTED TO REPAIR THE HERNIA AND I NOW SPOR
cause not established2955842-2012-00215Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-01556da 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) 2012, ISI RECEIVED A LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGING THAT A PATIENT WHOM UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION ON (B)(6) 2010 AT (B)(6), EXPERIENCED SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXPLORATORY LAPAROSCOPY AND ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY PROCEDURES AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT'S DISTAL ESOPHAGUS HAD A PERFORATION. ALLEGEDLY, THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS FOR FURTHER MEDICAL MANAGEMENT. ALLEGEDLY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MULTIPLE SURGERIES TO REPAIR THE ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION AND THE PATIENT REQUIRED AN EXTENDED COURSE OF TREATMENT DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY.
cause not established2955842-2013-01556Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03981da 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 SOMETIME IN (B)(6) 2010. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT AS A DIRECT AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY, OR ITS IMPROPER AND / OR UNLAWFUL USE, THE PATIENT SUFFERED INJURIES AND DAMAGES.
cause not established2955842-2013-03981Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2010-09-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03945da 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 SEPTEMBER 4, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 AND ALLEGED TO HAVE THEIR BLADDER PUNCTURED DUE TO A THERMAL BURN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-03945Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Death reported2010-08-31FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-01376da 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 PROSTATECTOMY FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE IN (B)(6) 2010. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL DOCUMENT PROVIDED, THE PATIENT HAD SURGERY IN (B)(6) OF 2010. AFTER HE HAD SURGERY, HE HAD TO BE RUSHED BACK TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE URINE BACKED UP IN HIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER, ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL, HE PASSED AWAY IN THE CAR. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT WITH A PROCEDURE DATE OF (B)(6) 2010. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A PROSTATE EXCEEDING 100 ML IN SIZE. THE ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS 250 ML. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT, THE PATIENT WAS AWOKEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, EXTUBATED IN THE OPERATING ROOM AND TRANSPORTED TO RECOVERY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, HAVING TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL. POST-OPERATIVELY ON (B)(6) 2010, A VQ SCAN (VENTILATION-PERFUSION SCAN) WAS OBTAINED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH A PULMONOLOGIST. THE VQ SCAN WAS POSITIVE, HEPARIN WAS ADMINISTERED, AND THE
cause not established2955842-2014-01376Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗