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Not graded by the source2012-05-17FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04999da 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 PROSTATECTOMY AND LYMPHADENECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2012. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES PATHOLOGY REPORT AND OFFICE NOTES. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT, DURING THE PRIMARY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, A SMALL RECTOTOMY DISCOVERED WHICH WAS CLOSED AT THE END OF THE SAME PROCEDURE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING DISSECTION OF LEFT SIDE OF PROSTATE GLAND. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI S SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE PATIENT HAD NO APPARENT POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND HE WAS DISCHARGED HOME ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT'S FOLLOW UP CARE WAS NORMAL.
cause not established2955842-2013-04999Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-16FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00211da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE FOLLOWING PATIENT STORY CONCERNING A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012, AT (B)(6) WAS FOUND POSTED ON THE (B)(6) BY INTUITIVE SURGICAL ON (B)(6) 2012. AFTER TRYING OTHER MEASURES FAILED TO STOP THE BLEEDING AND PAIN OF FIBROIDS A HYSTERECTOMY WAS NECESSARY. THE PROCEDURE WAS SIMPLE AND SCARING AND BLEEDING WERE MINIMAL. THE FIRST 2 WEEKS WENT BY SMOOTHLY AND THE PAIN WAS GONE WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS. THE BIGGEST INCONVENIENCE WAS NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE FOR 2 WEEKS. THEN I HAD A TURN FOR THE WORSE. THE DAY AFTER MY 2 WEEK FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT I STARTED TO BLEED HEAVILY. I WAS SOAKING A PAD AN HOUR. THE ON-CALL SURGEON DID NOT SEEM TO THINK IT WAS SERIOUS AND ADVISED TO WAIT 4 HOURS AND GO TO THE ER IF IT CONTINUED. THE ER DOCTOR DID AND PHYSICAL EXAM AND DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF A RUPTURE. HE TOO CONSULTED THE ON-CALL SURGEON WHO SUGGESTED I BE RELEASED AND TO CONTACT MY DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING MORNING. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE ER I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE INTENSE PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK AND CRAMPS EQUIVALENT TO CONTRACTIONS. I FELT A HUGE GUSH OF BLOOD AND FAINTED. THE AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND I WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE ER BY THIS TIME I HAD BEEN BLEEDING FOR
cause not established2955842-2012-00211Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-16FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04984da 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 BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2012 DUE TO MENORRHAGIA, PELVIC PAIN AND HYDROSALPINX. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE PATIENT'S PRIMARY OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE PATIENT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY CLAIM FORM. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING THE SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE PATIENT'S CLAIM FORM, ON (B)(6), 2012, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED HEAVY BLEEDING AND WAS HAVING PAIN. THIS OCCURRED AFTER PICKING UP HER (B)(6) CHILD. THE PATIENT WAS INFORMED TO GO TO ER FOR URTGENT CARE EVALUATION. REPORTEDLY, ON (B)(6), 2012 THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE ER, COMPLAINING OF PAIN AFTER ENGAGING IN INTERCOURSE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. THE PATIENT WAS EVALUATED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT HAD CUFF SEPARATION. SEROSAGINOUS FLUID IN THE VAULT, CUFF DEHISCED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE TO REPAIR HER CUFF. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT CONT
cause not established2955842-2013-04984Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-10FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-01633da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(4) 2014, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC.(ISI) RECEIVED AN IMPORTER REPORT (B)(4) WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: PATIENT HAD ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY, THERE WERE TWO LARGE TEARS IN BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT LATERAL WALLS NEAR THE CUFF.
cause not established2955842-2014-01633Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-10FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04811da 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 DAVINCI ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS REPORTED AN INCIDENTAL CYSTOTOMY DURING THE CREATION OF THE BLADDER FLAP AS AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. ON (B)(6) 2012 PATIENT UNDERWENT HYSTERECTOMY WITH BSO AND CYSTOSCOPY WITH REPAIR OF INCIDENTAL CYSTOTOMY. THIS WAS CLOSED BY UROLOGIST DURING PROCEDURE. URETERS WERE IDENTIFIED AND PATENT AT END OF SURGERY, NOTED IN CYSTOSCOPY. DISCHARGED HOME THE NEXT DAY. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT RETURN TO HOSPITAL FOR RIGHT URETERAL INJURY, LEAKING URINE FROM VAGINA. CYSTOSCOPY WITH BILATERAL RETROGRADE AND RIGHT URETEROSCOPY WITH STENT PLACEMENT PERFORMED. PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED NEXT DAY. THE PATIENT DID WELL WITH STENT AND RE-IMPLANTATION WAS NOT REQUIRED. NO FURTHER CLINICAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-04811Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-08FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03130da 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 CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY WITH SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2012. THE DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED STATES THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED VAGINAL DEHISCENCE AND PARTIAL EVISCERATION. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL COMPLAINT, THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE ADENOMYOSIS AND COLON ADHESIONS DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. A POST-OPERATIVE CYSTOSCOPY WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SURGEON LATER NOTED IN AN OFFICE NOTE THAT SHE HAD TAKEN EXTRA CARE TO TAKE WIDE BITES OF TISSUE WITH CUFF CLOSURE DUE TO PATIENT HISTORY OF HEAVY SMOKING. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTEDLY DISCHARGED HOME IN STABLE CONDITION ON THE FIRST POST-OPERATIVE DAY. THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO COMPLICATIONS DURING A POST-OPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP VISIT ON (B)(6) 2012. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS REPORTEDLY ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR A VAGINAL CUFF DEHISCENCE AND PARTIAL EVISCERATION. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN OPEN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY WITH CLOSURE OF THE VAGINAL CUFF. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED STATED THE PATIENT HAS RECOVERED AND APPEARS TO BE DOING WELL. NO ADDITIO
cause not established2955842-2013-03130Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-04FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04879da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY FOR MENORRHAGIA AND FIBROIDS. PROCEDURE DATE IS UNKNOWN. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES MEDICAL RECORDS AND FOLLOW UP OPERATIVE AND PROGRESS REPORTS THERE WAS NOT AN INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY .THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION . LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2012. DISCHARGED HOME NEXT DAY IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6) 2012 VISIT TO UROLOGIST, BEGAN EXPERIENCING RIGHT FLANK AND GROIN PAIN AROUND 2-3 WEEKS POST OP. THEN LEAKAGE IN VAGINA.. ON (B)(6) 2012 CYSTOSCOPY WITH RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM. ATTEMPTED RIGHT URETERAL STENT PLACEMENT. COULD NOT PASS STENT. ON (B)(6) 2012- ROBOTIC RIGHT URETERAL REIMPLANTATION WITH PSOAS HITCH. ON (B)(6) 2012- STENT REMOVAL.
cause not established2955842-2013-04879Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04973da 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 PROSTECTOMY WITH BILATERAL PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION ON (B)(6) 2013 FOR PROSTATE CANCER. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORTS FOR THE PRIMARY SURGERY AND THE EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY AND THE DISCHARGE SUMMARY. AFTER STANDARD ENTRY, THE ABDOMEN WAS INSPECTED FOR TROCAR OR VERESS NEEDLE INJURY WITH NO PATHOLOGY OBSERVED. ABUNDANT LOOPS OF SMALL BOWEL WERE FOUND SLIDING INTO THE PELVIS WHICH WERE RETRACTED. THE SURGEON PERFORMED A STANDARD PROSTATECTOMY WITH DISSECTION AND TRANSECTION OF SEMINAL VESICLES AND VAS DEFERENS. IT WAS NOTED THAT DURING THE DISSECTION LOOPS OF BOWEL KEPT SLIDING INTO THE PELVIS REQUIRING REPOSITIONING OF THE PROGRASP TO IMPROVE RETRACTION. THE PELVIC LYMPHNODE DISSECTION WAS COMPLETED TO THE LEVEL OF THE OBTURATOR NERVES. DURING THE LYMPHATIC DISSECTION THERE WAS INDICATION OF AN UNINTENTIONAL SUPERFICIAL CAUTERY INJURY TO THE EXTERNAL ILIAC VEIN BECAUSE OF A CRACK IN THE INSULATION SHEATH OF THE RIGHT ROBOTIC INSTRUMENT WHICH IS INTERPRETED TO BE A MONOPOLAR CURVED SHEARS. THE SHEATH COVER WAS REPLACED, AND THERE WE
cause not established2955842-2013-04973Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-02FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03149da 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 REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED STATES THAT A FEW WEEKS POST OP, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT URINARY INCONTINENCE. A CT SCAN SHOWED THAT THE PATIENT HAD RIGHT HYDRONEPHROSIS AND HYDROURETER DOWN TO THE PELVIS WITHOUT DISCREET FLUID COLLECTION TO THE VAGINAL WALL. THE FLUID WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH URINE. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A 2ND DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO REPAIR HER URETER AND A CYSTOSCOPY WITH BILATERAL RETROGRADE PYELOGRAMS. URETERAL STENTS WERE PLACED TO REPAIR THE PATIENT'S URETER. HOWEVER, THE STENT PLACEMENT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO URETERAL OBSTRUCTION AND A POSSIBLE URETEROVAGINAL FISTULA. A RIGHT NEPHROSTOMY TUBE WAS THEN PLACED. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROCEDURE THE PATIENT WAS EXTUBATED AND TAKEN TO THE POST-ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT FOR ROUTINE POST-SURGICAL CARE. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE FLOOR AFTER BEING STABILIZED. THE PATIENT DID WELL POSTOPERATIVELY. THE PATIENT VOIDED SPONTANEOUSLY, HAD ADEQUATE PA
cause not established2955842-2013-03149Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-02FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03544da 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 08/16/2013 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION, INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS, OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S PROCTECTOMY AND OOPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE FOR HER RECTAL CANCER ON (B)(6) 2012. IN THE MEDICAL RECORDS PROVIDED, THERE ARE SEVERAL NOTATIONS BY THE SURGEON THAT THE OPERATIVE RISKS, INCLUDING BLEEDING,ILEOSTOMY, AND INFECTION, WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE PATIENT. PER THE OPERATIVE REPORT, THE SURGERY FIRST COMMENCED LAPAROSCOPICALLY BEFORE THE DA VINCI SI SYSTEM WAS USED. DURING THE INITIAL LAPAROSCOPIC PART OF THE PROCEDURE, THE OPERATIVE REPORT DESCRIBED DISSECTION OF THE STRUCTURES (URETER, OMENTUM, KIDNEY, AND TRANSECTION OF THE INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY AND INFERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN AS WELL AS THE COLON, WHICH WERE CARRIED OUT LAPAROSCOPICALLY WITH THE TAN GIA STAPLER. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DID NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLEGATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY. LATER THE SAME DAY, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED HYPOTENSION AND RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROSCOPY FOLLOWED BY LAPAROTOMY TO CONTROL HER BLEEDING FROM MULTIPLE INTRA-ABDOMINAL BLOOD VESSELS AND CREATION OF ILEOSTOMY.
cause not established2955842-2013-03544Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04983da 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 HYSTERECTOMY WITH PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY FOR STAGE A SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER OF THE CERVIX WITH ADENOPATHY OF THE OMENTUM ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES FOLLOW UP CARE REPORTS FROM THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. ON (B)(6) 2012 PATIENT PRESENTED WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DISTENSION. ON (B)(6) 2012, A CT SCAN WITH CONTRAST OF THE PATIENT'S ABDOMEN AND PELVIS REVEALED MULTIPLE PELVIC FLUID COLLECTIONS CONSISTENT WITH ABSCESSES. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT CT GUIDED DRAINAGE OF A MODERATE-SIZED COLLECTION IN THE RIGHT PARACOLIC SPACE. A CYSTOSCOPY SHOWED A RIGHT URETERAL INJURY WITH LEAKAGE INTO THE PERITONEAL CAVITY. A RIGHT URETER STENT WAS PLACED. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT DRAINAGE OF A PELVIC ABSCESS PER THE VAGINA AND REMOVAL OF A PERCUTANEOUS. ON (B)(6) 2013 A RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE DISTAL RIGHT URETER. ON (B)(6) 2013 THE
cause not established2955842-2013-04983Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-05-01FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03134da 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) 2012 FOR ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE NOTES, THE PATIENT HAD A NORMAL SIZE APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEK UTERUS WITH NORMAL BILATERAL TUBES AND OVARIES, NO GROSS LESIONS SEEN. THERE WAS A MINIMAL AREA OF ADENOCARCINOMA SEEN IN THE ENDOMETRIUM; HOWEVER, NO MYOMETRIAL INVASION WAS PRESENT. ALL LYMPH NODES WERE NORMAL IN APPEARANCE WITH NO EVIDENCE OF METASTATIC DISEASE. NO DAMAGE TO BOWEL, BLADDER, OR BLOOD VESSELS WAS NOTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING THE PROCEDURE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OR REPORT OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS, OR ACCESSORIES IN THE OPERATIVE REPORT. THE POST OPERATIVE HOSPITAL COURSE WAS WITHOUT COMPLICATION AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2012 IN STABLE CONDITION. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORD, APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AFTER THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE ((B)(6) 2012), THE PAT
cause not established2955842-2013-03134Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-30FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04036da 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) 2011, AND ALLEGED TO HAVE SUSTAINED A PERFORATED A COLON. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-04036Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-30FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03143da 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 INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY, LEFT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, ADHESIOLYSIS, AND CYTOSCOPY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED VAGINAL CUFF DEHISCENCE AS A RESULT OF A ROBOTIC-ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL COMPLAINT, MULTIPLE ADHESIONS WERE FOUND ON THE LEFT ABDOMINAL WALL, THE CUL-DE-SAC AND LEFT PELVIC GUTTER, AND AROUND THE LEFT ADNEXAL MASS DURING THE SURGERY. IN ADDITION, THE LEGAL COMPLAINT INDICATED THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS TOLERATED WELL AND NO COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED. BASED ON THE OPERATIVE REPORT, A CYSTOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WHICH CONFIRMED GOOD EFFLUX OF INDIGO CARMINE FROM BOTH URETERS. ALSO, IT WAS NOTED IN THE OPERATIVE REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE BLADDER WALL AND THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS EVALUATED AT A CLINIC FOR COMPLAINTS OF HEAVY BLEEDING AND CLOTS, NOTED TO BE THE SECOND EPISODE OF BLEEDING. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED INDI
cause not established2955842-2013-03143Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-27FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-05005da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 FOR MENORRHAGIA. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDED SOME OF THE HOSPITAL RECORDS AND DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THE PATIENT INJURIES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DETAILED A PELVIC SIDEWALL RENT AND A HEMATOMA, WHICH WAS SUTURED AND OBSERVED AND FELT NOT TO BE EXPANDING. THE HYSTERECTOMY PROCEEDED TO COMPLETION. THE PATIENT PROCEEDED TO RECOVERY WHERE SHE HAD AN EPISODE OF HYPOTENSION, WHICH SEEMED RESPONSIVE TO FLUIDS, 2 UNITS OF PACKED RBC'S, AND VOLUME EXPANDERS. THEN FOR 9 HOURS OR SO, SHE WAS ON THE MEDICAL FLOOR, BUT EVENTUALLY BECAME AGITATED, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LOWER THAN EXPECTED HEMOGLOBIN. SHE RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM WHERE SHE WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN INJURY TO THE DISTAL RIGHT ILIAC ARTERY. THIS WAS RETROPERITONEAL AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED BY A VASCULAR TEAM. THE PATIENT SUFFERED A VARIETY OF
cause not established2955842-2013-05005Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-27FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System3420104da 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: PHYSICIAN WAS PERFORMING A ROBOTIC HYSTERECTOMY. SHE REQUESTED TO PREPARE FOR AN OPEN PROCEDURE. THE STAFF OBSERVED ON THE MONITOR THAT THERE WAS SOME BLEEDING. WE BEGAN GATHERING ITEMS TO OPEN. PHYSICIAN REQUESTED A SUTURE AND THE BLEEDING SUBSIDED. SHE PUT A STITCH WHERE THE HEMATOMA WAS TO SEE IF IT WAS GETTING ANY BIGGER. IT APPEARED NOT TO. WE DID NOT GO OPEN. SHE THEN FINISHED THE PROCEDURE AND CHECKED AGAIN FOR BLEEDING AND CHECKED THE HEMATOMA AREA, IT SEEMED THE SAME AND THEN SHE CLOSED. PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO RECOVERY. HOWEVER IT WAS REPORTED TO US LAST WEEK THAT THIS PATIENT HAD OTHER COMPLICATIONS AND WENT INTO HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK THE MORNING AFTER HER INITIAL SURGERY. AND SHE WAS TAKEN EMERGENTLY FOR AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN INJURY TO HER RIGHT EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY.
cause not established3420104Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-27FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04027da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012, AND ALLEGED TO HAVE INJURIES INCLUDING INCONTINENCE, ABDOMINAL PAIN, TROUBLE USING RESTROOM, RECTAL BLEEDING, HEADACHES, AND DIZZINESS POST-SURGERY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-04027Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-26FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04779da 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 HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY (BSO) FOR ADENOMYOSIS AND BILATERAL OVARIAN CYSTS ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES HOSPITAL OPERATIVE AND MEDICAL RECORD 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) 2012, PATIENT PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN VEIN THROMBOSIS AND WAS PLACED ON COUMADIN. ON (B)(6) 2012, SHE PRESENTED WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN AND A CAT SCAN SHOWED HYDROURETER UP TO THE LEVEL OF THE ILIAC VESSELS. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE OR FOR A CYSTOURETHROSCOPY AND PLACEMENT OF A DOUBLE J-STENT WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL NO FURTHER CLINICAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
cause not established2955842-2013-04779Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-26FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04006da 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 INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS CONCERNING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. PRIOR TO THE DA VINCI S SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS INFORMED OF THE RISKS OF THE SURGERY AND CONSENT WAS OBTAINED. THE PATIENT'S PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS WAS SYMPTOMATIC UTERINE FIBROIDS. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT, THE DA VINCI S HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY REPORTED COMPLICATIONS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION. SHE WAS DISCHARGED HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY 1 ((B)(6) 2012). THERE WERE NO REPORTED MALFUNCTIONS OF THE DA VINCI S SYSTEM, AN INSTRUMENT, OR AN ACCESSORY IN THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS EVALUATED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) FOR A REPORTED COMPLAINT OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMOPERITONEUM. THAT SAME DAY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY AND DRAINAGE OF A PELVIC ABSCESS. THE PATIENT ALSO UNDERWENT AN INCIDENTAL APPENDECTOMY DUE T
cause not established2955842-2013-04006Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-25FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00267da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST-OP A SUCCESSFUL DA VINCI S MITRAL VALVE REPAIR PROCEDURE, PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MILD DYSPHAGIA, DYSARTHRIA AND A STRANGE TONGUE. A CT SCAN PERFORMED FOUND THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A RIGHT BRAIN INFARCTION AND WAS TREATED WITH THE DRUG RADICUT. EXAMINATION OF THE PATIENT BY A NEUROLOGICAL PHYSICIAN CONFIRMED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A BRAIN INFARCTION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE PATIENT DEVELOPING RIGHT SIDE TONGUE WEAKNESS. THE PATIENT SIDE SURGEON HAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REPORTED EVENT AND THE DA VINCI S SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT AND/OR ACCESSORIES, AS THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI S SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT AND/OR ACCESSORIES DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE SITE HAS INDICATED THAT THE BRAIN INFARCTION EXPERIENCED BY THE PATIENT IS A POTENTIAL COMPLICATION OF INTRACARDIAC SURGERY WITH ARRESTED HEART.
cause not established2955842-2012-00267Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-20FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04970da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY FOR CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND ENLARGED UTERUS ON (B)(6) 2012. FINDINGS INCLUDED ENDOMETRIOSIS AND FIBROIDS. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDED CERTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS REGARDING POSTOPERATIVE 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 OTHER THAN THE FINDING OF EXTENSIVE ADHESIONS, HOWEVER AFTER REVIEWING THE FOLLOW UP RECORDS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PATIENT'S LEFT URETER WAS TRANSECTED DURING THE INITIAL OPERATION, BUT THIS WENT UNRECOGNIZED UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH INCREASING URINARY DIFFICULTY, BLOATING, ABDOMINAL PAIN AND NAUSEA. WORK UP INCLUDED CHEST X-RAY, URINALYSIS, CT SCAN OF THE PELVIS AND ABDOMEN. A 14 CM FLUID COLLECTION WAS FOUND. ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE OR WHERE SHE UNDERWENT EXPLORATORY LAP, CYSTOSCOPY, RE-IMPLANTATION OF L URETER. THE ABDOMEN COULD NOT BE CLOSED DUE TO SWELLING
cause not established2955842-2013-04970Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-19FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03493da 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. RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT LOWER ANTERIOR RESECTION FOR RECTOSIGMOID CANCER ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT FOR THE DA VINCI LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION PROCEDURE INDICATES THAT THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LARGE FRIABLE BLOODY MASS AND MASS IN THE RECTOSIGMOID. IN ADDITION THERE WERE LESIONS IN THE LIVER CONSISTENT WITH CYSTS. PER THE MEDICAL RECORDS, THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE ABDOMEN WAS COPIOUSLY IRRIGATED, CLEAN AND DRIED. THE OP REPORTS DO NOT CONTAIN ANY INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. DURING THE POST-OP RECOVERY PHASE, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SEPSIS ,INTRABDOMINAL INFECTION. THE PATIENT WAS SENT BACK TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR AN EMERGENCY EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY, DRAINAGE OF PELVIS AND ABDOMINAL ABSCESSES, ABDOMINAL WASHOUT AND PLACEMENT OF A DIVERTING LOOP ILEOSTOMY. PER THE MEDICAL RECORDS, TURBID FLUID WAS ENCOUNTERED CONSISTENT WITH ABSCESS. THE ABDOMEN WAS COPIOUSLY IRRIGATED. PATI
cause not established2955842-2013-03493Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-19FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00172da 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 WAS PROVIDED A LETTER SENT TO (B)(6) FROM (B)(6), ALLEGING PROLONGED PROCEDURES UP TO 11 HOURS CAN RESULT IN AFFECTS TO THE PATIENT SUCH AS THROMBOSIS, EMBOLISM, COMPARTMENTAL SYNDROME AND HEMATOMAS. ADDITIONALLY, AN ALLEGATION WAS MADE THAT A PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN ABSCESS AFTER A PROCEDURE. THE LETTER ALSO ALLEGED GENERAL PROBLEMS WITH PROPER STERILIZATION OF INSTRUMENTS. NO SITE SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED WITHIN THE BODY OF THIS LETTER. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR OF THE LETTER, (B)(6) AND STAFF, BOTH VIA EMAIL AND PHONE; HOWEVER, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT NO RETURNED COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00172Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-19FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03142da 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 RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, EXTENSIVE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS AND RIGHT URETEROLYSIS ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT (OP) FOR THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY DUE TO UTERINE FIBROIDS, MENOMETRORRHAGIA AND MILD CERVICAL DYSPLASIA. BASED ON THE INFORMATION IN THE PATIENT'S OP, THERE WAS NO REPORT THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON DESCRIBES IN THE OP THAT THERE WERE EXTENSIVE ADHESIONS AND HE DECIDED TO PERFORM EXTENSIVE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS BETWEEN THE BLADDER AND THE ANTERIOR PART OF THE LOWER UTERINE SEGMENT. THE SURGEON STATES IN THE OP THAT THE RIGHT URETER WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE LEVEL OF DISSECTION. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM WITH STABLE VITAL SIGNS AND IN
cause not established2955842-2013-03142Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-18FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04898da 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 ANTERIOR EXENTERATION, INCLUDING CYSTECTOMY, HYSTERECTOMY AND BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 FOR CHRONIC PYOCYSTIS AND NEUROGENIC BLADDER. 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 REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. AN OPEN HASSON TECHNIQUE WAS USED TO ENTER THE PERITONEAL CAVITY. EXTENSIVE ADHESIONS WERE SEEN UPON INSERTION OF THE LAPAROSCOPE. THESE WERE MOSTLY IN THE MIDLINE AND ADJACENT TO THE ILEAL CONDUIT IN THE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT. THEY WERE TAKEN DOWN USING COLD SHEARS PRIOR TO DOCKING THE DA VINCI SYSTEM. THE BLADDER, UTERUS AND OVARIES WERE COMPLETELY DISSECTED AND DELIVERED THROUGH THE VAGINAL APEX. HEMOSTASIS IN THE PELVIS WAS CONFIRMED. THE ILEAL CONDUIT WAS CAREFULLY INSPECTED AND IRRIGATED TO CONFIRM NO INJURY. CAREFUL INSPECTION OF THE BOWEL UNDERNEATH THE PRIOR ADHESIONS NOTED NO INJURY. AN ON-Q PAIN PUMP WAS PUT INTO PLACE SUBCUTANEOUSLY. ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS WAS 900 ML. THE PATIEN
cause not established2955842-2013-04898Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-16FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04878da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 FOR MENOMETRORRHAGIA. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES A HANDWRITTEN LIMITED HISTORY AND PHYSICAL RECORD FROM (B)(6) 2012 AND SEVERAL RADIOLOGIC REPORTS. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS, 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 INTRAVAGINAL PLACEMENT OF THE ROOMY UTERINE MANIPULATOR, A PNEUMOPERITONEUM WAS CREATED USING A VERESS NEEDLE THROUGH THE UMBILICUS AND PORTS WERE PLACED UNDER DIRECT VISUALIZATION. THE UTERO-OVARIAN AND ROUND LIGAMENTS WERE CAUTERIZED WITH THE PK DEVICE AND TRANSECTED WITH MONOPOLAR SCISSORS. THE BLADDER WAS SHARPLY TAKEN OF THE UTERUS AND THE BLADDER FLAP CREATED WHILE THE VESSELS AND TISSUE WAS CAUTERIZED AND TRANSECTED IN A SIMILAR FASHION. SOME BLEEDING WAS NOTED ON THE LEFT SIDE FROM A RESIDUAL VESSEL COMING OF THE UTERINE ARTERY. AFTER COLPOTOMY, THE UTERUS WAS REMOVED THROUGH THE CUFF AND THE COLPOTOMY CLO
cause not established2955842-2013-04878Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-15FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04349da 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 GALL BLADDER PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: A GALL STONE GOT STUCK IN THE BILE DUCT AND THEY TRIED TO PUSH IT OUT. THEY RUPTURED THE BILE DUCT SHE THEN BLED INTERNALLY. HER SCAR STILL REMAINS.
cause not established2955842-2013-04349Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-13FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03185da 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 RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, A CYSTOSCOPY AND LYSIS OF ADHESION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2012 IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY ROOM COMPLAINING OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT FOR THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE DATED (B)(6) 2012 INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT'S PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS WAS CHRONIC PAIN AND ABNORMAL VAGINAL BLEEDING. THE OP REPORT DID NOT ALLEGE THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES NOTED. PER THE INFORMATION IN THE OP REPORT, THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED AND THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. THE PATIENT CALLED THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE ON (B)(6) 2012 COMPLAINING OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING. AN E-SCRIPT FOR ZOFRAN WAS SENT IN FOR HER. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CYSTOSCOPY, BILATERAL RETROGRADE URETEROGRAM, B
cause not established2955842-2013-03185Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-11FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03952da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL MEDIATION EFFORT, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI A HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 AND ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED AN URETERAL INJURY. NO SPECIFIC ALLEGATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY WAS REPORTED. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-03952Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-09FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2014-01168da 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 CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS PROCEDURE FOR STENT STENOSIS ON (B)(6) 2012. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDED THE PATIENT'S HOSPITAL RECORDS. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. BASED ON THE OPERATIVE REPORT THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR AN ELECTIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT WAS INFORMED OF THE RISK, BENEFITS, AND ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT UNDERSTOOD, AGREED, AND WISHED TO PROCEED WITH THE PROCEDURE. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT, DURING AN INSTRUMENT CHANGE FOR THE SUPERIOR ROBOTIC PORT AN INADVERTENT AORTIC INJURY WAS CREATED. THIS APPEARED TO SELF TAMPONADE, HOWEVER, PRUDENCE DICTATED CONVERSION TO OPEN AT THIS POINT. THEREFORE, THE ROBOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD. THE LEFT ANTERIOR THORACOTOMY WAS MADE TO INCLUDE THE THORACOSCOPIC PORT. IN ADDITION IT WAS NOTED THAT, A SMALL LINEAR RENT ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE DESCENDING AORTA SUPERIOR TO THE PULMONARY ARTERY WA
cause not established2955842-2014-01168Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-06FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00146da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT 2 DAYS POST-OP A DA VINCI SI GASTRIC BYPASS PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SEPTIC SHOCK AFTER THE JEJUNUM (JJ) AND GASTROJEJUNUM (GJ) STAPLE LINES AND SUTURE CLOSURES OPENED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS AND/OR ACCESSORIES AND IT IS THE SURGEON'S BELIEF THAT OPENING OF THE JJ AND GS STAPLE LINES AND SUTURE CLOSURES WAS RELATED TO THE PATIENT'S ANATOMY. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00146Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-05FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04912da 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, UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT SUSPENSION AND CYSTOSCOPY FOR PELVIC PRESSURE AND THICKENING OF THE ENDOMETRIAL LINING ON (B)(6) 2012. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A BOWEL INJURY. ISI WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY ORIGINAL MEDICAL RECORDS INCLUDING OPERATIVE REPORT OR DISCHARGE SUMMARIES. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, ON (B)(6) 2012, WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT WAS STILL NOT GETTING BETTER GI AND SURGERY WERE CONSULTED. A SECOND CT WAS OBTAINED AND SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE A POSSIBLE ENTEROTOMY IN THE LOWER COLON. ON (B)(6) 2012, SHE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE OPERATING ROOM. THE SURGEON DID NOTE A RECTAL INJURY AND THIS WAS REPAIRED AND A PROTECTIVE DIVERTING COLOSTOMY WAS PLACED. POST OPERATIVELY THE PATIENT NEEDED TO BE IN THE ICU FOR SEVERAL DAYS. AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCT WAS DIAGNOSED DURING THIS EPISODE. AFTER BEING TREATED WITH IV ANTIBIOTICS HER WHITE COUNT DID DIMINISH. A REHAB FACILITY WAS THEN CONSULTED ON (B)(6) FOR LONG TERM MANAGEMENT. THE PATIENT CONTINUED TO IMPROVE SLOWLY AND WAS ADVANCED IN HER DIET IN A VERY S
cause not established2955842-2013-04912Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-02FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-00309da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2012, A PATIENT POSTED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON ISI'S SOCIAL NETWORK SITE VIA (B)(6): "I HAD THE DAVINCI SURGERY 8 MONTHS AGO. I STILL HAVE SOME NUMBNESS IN ONE AREA AND I STILL HAVE SOME PAIN. DO YOU KNOW WHY I WOULD STILL HAVE PAIN AFTER THIS LONG? I WILL BE SEEING MY DOCTOR ON (B)(6). I HAVE ASKED HER BEFORE WHY IT STILL HURT; SHE TOLD ME SINCE I HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY LEFT SIDE BEFORE MY SURGERY THAT IS WHY IT STILL HURTS. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AT ALL TO ME. AND ALSO ABOUT A WEEK AGO I STARTED TO SPOT. IT LASTED FOR A DAY AND A HALF."
cause not established2955842-2013-00309Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-04-02FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04034da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012, AND ALLEGED A BOWEL PERFORATION INJURY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
cause not established2955842-2013-04034Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-29FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04806da 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 DA VINCI TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY AND CYSTOSCOPY FOR HISTORY OF MENOMETRORRHAGIA, DYSMENORRHEA, AND UTERINE FIBROIDS ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE OPERATIVE FINDINGS WERE A (B)(6) UTERUS WITH MULTIPLE FIBROIDS. SEQUENTIAL IDENTIFICATION, CAUTERIZATION AND TRANSECTION OF THE INFUNDIBULO PELVIS LIGAMENTS, THE ROUGNON LIGAMENTS, THE BROAD LIGAMENTS. THE ARTERIAL DISSECTION AND CULPOTOMY WERE NOTABLE FOR A DIFFICULT DISSECTION DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF EXTENSIVE ADHESIONS, AND AN ABNORMALLY HIGH ROUTE FOR THE UTERINE ARTERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE ARTERY WAS CAUTERIZED, AND AFTER DISSECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE URETER HAD BEEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY DURING COAGULATION, AND THERE WAS CONCERN FOR THERMAL INJURY. THE REMAINDER OF THE OPERATION WAS COMPLETED, AND A UROLOGIC CONSULT WAS CALLED TO EVALUATE THE STATE OF THE URETER. THE CONSULT SURGEON PERFORMED A URETEROLYSIS FROM THE PELVIC BRIM TO THE INSERT
cause not established2955842-2013-04806Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-28FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00184da 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 GASTRIC BYPASS PROCEDURE THE SURGEON WAS UNABLE TO MOVE PATIENT SIDE MANIPULATOR (PSM) ARM 2 FROM THE SURGEON CONSOLE. AFTER RESTARTING THE SYSTEM, PSM ARM 2 WORKED FINE. AFTER 15 MINUTES OF OPERATION THE SURGEON LOST CONTROL OF PSM ARM 1, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PATIENT'S STOMACH. NO FURTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00184Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-23FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00177da 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 PULMONARY LOBECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT'S PULMONARY ARTERY WAS LACERATED, REQUIRING HEMOSTASIS OF THE AFFECTED VESSEL USING A CADIERE FORCEPS INSTRUMENT TO ALLOW FOR COMPLETION OF THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE USING OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. AFTER OBTAINING ADEQUATE EXPOSURE, THE SITE ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY OPEN THE GRIPS ON THE CADIERE FORCEPS INSTRUMENT USING SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALLEN WRENCHES, HOWEVER, THE INSTRUMENT GRIPS WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE SITE THEN ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE INSTRUMENT USING THE MASTER TOOL MANIPULORS (MTM), HOWEVER, THE ERROR MESSAGE UNABLE TO ALIGN MASTERS WAS OBSERVED. UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, THE SITE CONTACTED ISI TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEERING (TSE) FOR TROUBLESHOOTING ASSISTANCE. AFTER PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY STOP/RECOVER OF THE SYSTEM, THE GRIPS ON THE CADIERE FORCEPS INSTRUMENT OPENED. NO OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REPORTED EVENT WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00177Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-23FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04952da 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 FOR MENORRHAGIA AND UTERINE FIBROIDS ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES FOLLOW-UP OPERATIVE AND RADIOLOGY REPORTS THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY]. THERE WAS A REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION, NAMELY AN INCIDENTAL CYSTOTOMY WHICH WAS REPAIRED DURING THE INITIAL OPERATION BY A UROLOGIST. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME WITH A FOLEY CATHETER IN THE BLADDER.
cause not established2955842-2013-04952Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-23FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04931da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S HYSTERECTOMY, ASPIRATION OF LEFT OVARIAN CYST FOR CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND ADENOMYOSIS ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION AND GOOD HEMOSTASIS WAS REPORTED. THE PROCEDURE WAS UNREMARKABLE EXCEPT FOR THE PRESENCE OF A HEMORRHAGIC LEFT OVARIAN CYST WHICH WAS DRAINED. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON POSTOP DAY 2, (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE HAD FALLEN AND SHE HAD EPISODES OF DIAPHORESIS. AS HER HEMOGLOBIN COUNTS FELL, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PERFORM AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY. HEMOPERITONEUM WAS RECOGNIZED, AND 2300ML OF CLOTS ENCOUNTERED AND IRRIGATED OUT. THE UTERO-OVARIAN PEDICLES WERE FOUND TO BE HEMOSTATIC AS WERE THE PELVIC SIDEWALL, PORT SITES, BOTH OVARIES AND TUBES. A SMALL AREA IN THE POSTERIOR RIGHT VAGINAL CUFF WAS OOZING, AND IT WAS CLOSED. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICU ON A VENTILATOR. SHE WAS DISCH
cause not established2955842-2013-04931Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-21FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04938da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI S TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY WITH PARTIAL PHARYNGECTOMY, RADICAL TONSILLECTOMY, AND PARTIAL GLOSSECTOMY FOR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE RIGHT OROPHARYNX ON (B)(6) 2012. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES: HISTORY AND PHYSICAL (H&P) (B)(6) 2012, DISCHARGE SUMMARY (B)(6) 2012, NURSING ASSESSMENT OF PT. DISCHARGE READINESS (B)(6) 2012, 2 HANDWRITTEN POSTOPERATIVE PROCEDURE NOTES (B)(6) 2012, PROGRESS NOTE (B)(6) 2012 THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. A MCGIVER MOUTH PROP WAS PLACED AND SUSPENDED FROM THE SUSPENSION ARM, THE ROBOT DOCKED WITH THE CAMERA ARM AND 2 OPERATING ARMS POSITIONED APPROPRIATELY, LOADED WITH THE MARYLAND GRASPER, THE MONOPOLAR CAUTERY, AND THE 8MM CAMERA. THE TUMOR WAS IMMEDIATELY VISUALIZED AND REVEALED A > 2CM ENDOPHYTIC TUMOR FROM THE RIGHT TONSIL, COMPLETELY CONFINED TO TONSIL. THE RESECTION WAS THEN INITIATED BY USING THE MONOPOLAR CAUTERY AT THE T
cause not established2955842-2013-04938Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-15FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04278da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI PARTIAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY:LARGE HEMATOMA CAUSING HEAVY BLEEDING, STITCH USED IN OPERATION WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY, INTERNAL BLEEDING, HERNIATED APPENDIX.
cause not established2955842-2013-04278Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-14FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-01254da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2013, ISI RECEIVED A LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGING THAT A PATIENT WHOM UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER IN (B)(6), EXPERIENCED PAIN, SUFFERING AND BLEEDING POST THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT UPON THE PATIENT'S FOLLOW UP WITH HER TREATING PHYSICIAN, THE PHYSICIAN INDICATED TO HER THAT THE POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS SHE WAS EXPERIENCING WERE A NORMAL PART OF THE RECOVERY FROM HER SURGERY. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT MET WITH HER TREATING PHYSICIAN DUE TO EXTENSIVE GYNECOLOGICAL BLEEDING. IT WAS ALLEGED THAT THE TREATING PHYSICIAN DIRECTED THE PATIENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT REQUIRED AN EMERGENCY SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO CORRECT A SURGICAL DEFECT THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE SITE'S DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM. THIS WAS NOT DISCOVERED DURING THE PATIENT'S SURGICAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012. REPORTEDLY, FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND CONFINED TO HER BED FOR MANY DAYS.
cause not established2955842-2013-01254Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-14FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03708da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL MEDIATION EFFORT ON AUGUST 21, 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS OF A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 WITH A PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF MENORRHAGIA, PELVIC PAIN AND THE DESIRED DEFINITIVE THERAPY. THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS STATE THAT THE RISKS, BENEFITS AND ALTERNATIVES TO ROBOTIC SURGERY AND HYSTERECTOMY WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE PATIENT, AND THE PATIENT UNDERSTOOD AND CONSENTED. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT, A 10MM INCISION AT THE UMBILICUS WAS CREATED, AND A CAMERA PORT WAS INSERTED UNDER DIRECT VISION WITH A 10MM LAPAROSCOPE. UPON ENTRY, THE OP REPORT STATES THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME OMENTAL GRAZING, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF ANY INJURIES. UPON REPEAT INSPECTION OF THE BOWEL, NO EVIDENCE OF ANY INJURY WAS OBSERVED. THEN THE ROBOT WAS DOCKED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. THERE WAS NO REPORT THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES OCCURRED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PLANNED SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. IT WAS STATED IN THE OP REPORT THAT AFTER THE SYSTEM WAS
cause not established2955842-2013-03708Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04767da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT UNDERWENT A DAVINCI PROSTATECTOMY AND EXTENSIVE LYSIS OF ADHESIONS FOR ADENOCARCINOMA IN WHICH 1000ML OF BLOOD LOSS WHICH OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2012 . INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. UPON INSERTION OF THE ENDOSCOPE, MULTIPLE LOOPS OF BOWEL WERE NOTED TO BE ADHERED TO THE POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL. MULTIPLE ADHESIONS WERE TAKEN DOWN WITH LAPAROSCOPIC SHEARS PRIOR TO ROBOT DOCKING. AFTER DOCKING, MUCH FAT WAS NOTED IN THE ENDOPELVIC FASCIA SURFACE. EXCISING THE BLADDER NEXT ADJACENT TO THE MEDIAN LOBE OF THE PROSTATE WAS A VERY CHALLENGING PORTION OF THE PROCEDURE DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PROSTATE MEDIAN LOBE. BLADDER NECK RECONSTRUCTION WAS ALSO PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENTIRE SURGERY REQUIRED MUCH MORE SKILL THAN THE NORMAL PROSTATECTOMIES PERFORMED AT THIS INSTITUTION. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE RECOVERY ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. ON (B)(6), THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SEVERE ABDOMI
cause not established2955842-2013-04767Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-04228da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES DUE TO THE DA VINCI SURGERY: ARTERY CUT DURING SURGERY, EMERGENCY SURGERY, RECEIVED 3 BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, RIGHT LEG ACHES SOMETIMES
cause not established2955842-2013-04228Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03168da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL MEDIATION EFFORT ON (B)(6) 2013 INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION, INCLUDING MEDICAL RECORDS, OF A PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED POST- SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER HAVING A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY WITH LEFT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. IT WAS NOTED THAT A 360 DEGREE CIRCUMFERENTIAL CUTTING OF THE CERVIX FROM THE VAGINA WAS PERFORMED USING MONOPOLAR HOT SHEARS. A SMALL LACERATION WAS DETECTED AT THE VAGINAL CUFF; HOWEVER, THE LACERATION WAS CLOSED WITH SUTURES. THE PELVIS WAS IRRIGATED AND FOUND TO BE COMPLETELY HEMOSTATIC BEFORE THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME ON POST- OPERATIVE DAY ONE. THE PATIENT WENT IN TO THE OFFICE FOR A FOLLOW-UP VISIT ON (B)(6) 2012 AND THE ABDOMINAL INCISIONS WERE DESCRIBED AS HEALING WELL. THE PATIENT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON (B)(6) 2012 WITH COMPLAINTS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. PATIENT WAS EXAMINED AND A CT SCAN OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS REVEALED A SMALL FLUID COLLECTION IN THE CUL-DE-SAC NEAR THE CUFF WITH A FLECK OF AIR MEASURING 2 CM. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES INCLUDE A SMALL ABSCESS OR SEROMA. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY SAW ANOTHER SURGEON ON (B)(6) 2012 AND HIS EXAMINATION REVEALED AN EXTREM
cause not established2955842-2013-03168Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-12FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00114da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE FOLLOWING PATIENT STORY CONCERNING A DA VINCI GALL BLADDER PROCEDURE WAS FOUND POSTED ON THE (B)(6) BY INTUITIVE SURGICAL ON (B)(6) 2012: (B)(6), MY SON WAS ALMOST KILLED AFTER A SURGEON USED THE DA VINCI MACHINE TO REMOVE HIS GALL BLADDER. NO OTHER DETAILS WERE PROVIDED. ISI WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR OF THE POST CONCERNING THE REPORTED EVENT, AS THE AUTHOR HAS BLOCKED THEIR (B)(6) ACCOUNT.
cause not established2955842-2012-00114Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-09FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-01336da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE FOLLOWING PATIENT STORY CONCERNING A DA VINCI SI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE WAS FOUND POSTED ON THE DA VINCI STORIES ONLINE. HAD POP LEVEL 4 AND HYSTERECTOMY, LEAVING CERVIX ONLY, DONE ROBOTICALLY. STILL HAVE MAJOR ABDOMINAL PAIN AND BOWEL ISSUES. HE REMAINS TO TELL ME EVERYTHING OK. HAD CT SCAN SHOWING 9 MM KIDNEY STONE; SAID THIS IS REASON FOR PAIN. I'M HAVING THE SAME PAIN EXPERIENCED BEFORE SURGERY AND AFTER VAGINAL EXAMS. I FEEL BAD ALL THE TIME; NO ENERGY, BLOATING, AND WEIGHT GAIN. IF I TAKE FOUR ADVIL, IT HELPS, BUT IF ON MY FEET AWHILE, IT GETS WORSE... SO I SIT! I'M TIRED OF COMPLAINING TO DR AND FAMILY... NOT IN MY HEAD; THIS IS REAL. I'M FRUSTRATED WITH EVERYONE. WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING, WILL HAVE COMPANY FOR 1 WEEK. DREADING THIS. I USUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT. EVERYONE THINKS I SHOULD BE OK, BUT I'M NOT! WENT TO FAMILY DOCTOR; NO ANSWER. HAS ANYONE ELSE FELT LIKE THIS? I ALSO HAVE DIVERTICULOSIS, BUT SYMPTOMS ARE DIFFERENT. I PUT POP AS DIAGNOSIS, BUT WAS A TOTAL VAGINAL PROLAPSE; UTERUS WAS OUT. SO HAD MESH FOR BLADDER, RECTOCELE PLUS ALL AFOREMENTIONED. CAN'T STAND PAIN AND BEING TIRED ANYMORE. I'M NOW (B)(6), BUT FEEL OLDER, FATTER, AND LAZY. I USED TO LOVE WORKING
cause not established2955842-2012-01336Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-09FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2012-00144da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BURN LOCATED AT PORT INCISION SITE. INTUITIVE SURGICAL TECHNICAL SERVICE ENGINEER (TSE) PROVIDED THE CUSTOMER WITH POTENTIAL CAUSES THAT MAY CONTRIBUTED TO THE BURNS AT THE PORT INCISION SITE. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT HARM, ADVERSE OUTCOME, OR INJURY WAS REPORTED.
cause not established2955842-2012-00144Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2012-03-07FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical System2955842-2013-03912da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT AS A DIRECT AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY, OR ITS IMPROPER AND / OR UNLAWFUL USE, THE PATIENT SUFFERED URINARY INCONTINENCE AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.
cause not established2955842-2013-03912Intuitive Surgical, Inc.da Vinci Surgical SystemRead the record ↗