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Death reported2008-02-29FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-00099da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN TO THE PRODUCT, AS IT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.
cause not established2955842-2008-00099Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-02-20FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-00160da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON MARCH 5, 2008, INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS NOTIFIED PER A CUSTOMER PROVIDED LETTER: "THIS GENTLEMEN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE MITRAL REGURGITATION. HE WAS ORIGINALLY EVALUATED FOR POSSIBLE CANDIDACY FOR TRANSMITRAL PERCUTANEOUS REPAIR. HE WAS TURNED DOWN DUE TO MITRAL ANATOMY. THE PT WAS REFERRED HERE FOR POSSIBLE ROBOTIC INTERVENTION AND AGREED TO PROCEED WITH THE SURGERY. INCIDENTLY, THE PT HAD A TEE WHICH REVEALED A VERY CALCIFIED VALVE WITH SEVERE MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION AND FAIR OVERALL EJECTION FRACTION ABOUT 50%. THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ROBOTICALLY, INITIALLY WITH FAILURE OF THE MITRAL VALVE REPAIR NECESSITATING FURTHER BYPASS AND MITRAL RING ANNULOPLASTY, WHICH ALSO FAILED-NECESSITATING MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT. MULTIPLE TRANSFUSIONS WERE GIVEN INTRAOPERATIVELY (PRBC, 16 UNITS, PLASMA-14 UNITS, CRYO-40 UNITS, PLATELETS-90 UNITS). THE PT WAS IN THE OPERATING ROOM FROM 8:30AM-12 MIDNIGHT. ULTIMATELY, THE PT DEVELOPED LOW CARDIAC OUTPUT, CARDIOGENIC SHOCK AND UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING DIATHESIS. DEMISE AT 16:35."
cause not established2955842-2008-00160Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-01-24FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-00073da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IN 2008, AFTER A SINGLE VESSEL SMALL THORACOTOMY DA VINCI S PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPIRED WHILE WEANING OFF OF BYPASS. PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT APPEARED TO HAVE A HEPARIN REACTION AND EXPERIENCED A HYPOTENSIVE EVENT WITH A SYSTOLIC PRESSURE OF 39MM. THE SITE INITIATED A CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS RUN AND COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE WITHOUT EVENT. WEAN FROM BYPASS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AS PATIENT EXHIBITED STONE HEART CHARACTERISTICS. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE DAVINCI S SYSTEM WAS ALLEGED BY THE HOSPITAL, AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED INDICATES THAT THIS EVENT IS RELATED TO THE INHERENT RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BYPASS AND THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY.
cause not established2955842-2008-00073Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-01-11FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-00056da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON JANUARY 17, 2008, INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS NOTIFIED THAT FOLLOWING A DA VINCI S HYSTERECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PT SUFFERED FROM SEPSIS AND EXPIRED FOUR DAYS POST DA VINCI ASSISTED SURGERY.
cause not established2955842-2008-00056Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2007-10-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2015-00107da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AS PART OF A LEGAL DISPUTE, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI-ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2007. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT AND THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE WITHOUT ANY INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. PER THE MEDICAL RECORDS, THE PATIENT WAS STARTED ON LEVAQUIN ON POST-OP DAY 2 FOR POSSIBLE CELLULITIS. SHE HAD SLOW RETURN OF BOWEL FUNCTION. THE PATIENT WAS ONLY PASSING SMALL AMOUNTS OF GAS THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF HER HOSPITAL COURSE AND FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GOING HOME. HER BOWEL REGIMEN WAS INITIATED ORALLY AND RECTALLY ON POST-OP DAY 4 AND BEGAN TO PASS GAS ON POST-OP DAY 5. SHE HAD A SMALL BOWEL MOVEMENT AND BY POST-OP DAY 6 FELT VERY COMFORTABLE GOING HOME. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2007. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT WAS SEEN IN AN ER FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE ANY BOWEL MOVEMENTS
cause not established2955842-2015-00107Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2007-09-25FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2015-00784da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2015, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A BJU INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLED, PERIOPERATIVE AND RENAL FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF ELECTIVE ROBOT-ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY (RAPN) FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH HIGH SURGICAL COMPLEXITY (VOLPE ET AL., 2014). THE JOURNAL ARTICLE NOTES SEVERAL OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. REFER TO MFR. REPORT 2955842-2015-00706 (PATIENT IDENTIFIER RC20155000211) WHICH WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED TO THE FDA AND BEFORE THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES RELATED TO THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE KNOWN. ON 04/23/2015, A CORRESPONDENCE CONTACT FOR THE JOURNAL ARTICLE PROVIDED THE SITE AND SURGEON NAMES OF THE OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS NOTED WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE. IN THE RESULTS SECTION OF THE BJUI JOURNAL ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING IS STATED: IN ALL, 44 RAPNS FOR RENAL TUMOURS WITH PADUA SCORES OF > 10 WERE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS; 23 TUMOURS (52.3%) WERE CT1B. THE MEDIAN (INTERQUARTILE RANGE; RANGE) OPERATIVE TIME, ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS AND WARM ISCHAEMIA (WIT) WERE 120 (94, 132; 60-230) MIN, 150 (80, 200; 25- 1200) ML AND 16 (13.8, 18; 5-35) MIN, RESPECTIVELY. TWO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED (4.5%); ONE INFERIOR VENA CAVAL INJURY AND ONE BLEED FR
cause not established2955842-2015-00784Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2007-08-20FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.MW5004896da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: PT UNDERWENT ROBOTIC TECAB (TOTALLY ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERIES BYPASS) WITH 2 INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES, USING THE DA VINIC S ROBOT AND COALESCENT "U" CLIPS TO FACILITATE DISTAL ANASTOMOSES, ON A BEATING HEART. ON CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY 5 DAYS LATER, THERE WAS 80% STENOSIS OF ONE DISTAL ANASTOMOSIS, AND 40% STENOSIS OF ANOTHER.
cause not establishedMW5004896Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2007-08-16FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.MW5004897da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ATTEMPTED TECAB (TOTALLY ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS) SURGERY USING THE DEVINIC S ROBOT AND FACULATED BY THE COALESENT U CLIP ON A BEATING HEART. ONLY 2 OUT OF 4 ARTERIES WERE BYPASSED. PT ARRESTED AT THE KIND OF THE PROCEDUSE. CPR WAS INITIATED AND THE CHEST OPENED . PT WAS CONNECTED TO CADIOPULOMONARY BYPASS AND ADDITIONAL BYPASS GRAFTS PERFORMED. PT DIED ON THE OPERATING ROOM TABLE.
cause not establishedMW5004897Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2007-08-13FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2010-00074da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED IN (B)(4) THAT THE SIDE RAIL WAS DAMAGED ON WELDING.
cause not established2955842-2010-00074Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2007-07-16FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-00038da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: MEDWATCH UF/IMPORTER REPORT WAS REC'D AT ISI ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2007. INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PREVIOUSLY INFORMED OF THIS EVENT ON JULY 25, 2007. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PT WAS LATER BROUGHT BACK TO THE OR IN 2007, TO DRAIN CLOTS WHICH HAD FORMED, HOWEVER, THE DA VINCI SYS WAS NOT USED FOR THIS PROCEDURE. THE PT DIED FOUR DAYS POST DA VINCI ASSISTED SURGERY.
cause not established2955842-2008-00038Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2007-01-29FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-01133da 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 JUNE 10, 2008, INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS NOTIFIED OF A PT DEATH PER LITIGATION DOCUMENTATION WHICH REPORTS THE FOLLOWING: IN 2007, FIVE DAYS AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE, A PT UNDERWENT EMERGENCY EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY AND INTER ALIA. BOWEL NECROSIS WITH SEPTICEMIA WAS OBSERVED AND SAID TO BE THE RESULT OF AN INTEROPERATIVE MESENTERY TEAR. SIX CENTIMETERS OF CONTINUOUS STITCH WAS APPLIED TO REPAIR THE AFFECTED AREA, HOWEVER, THE PT EXPIRED.
cause not established2955842-2008-01133Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2006-12-08FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2009-00411da 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 SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER A DA VINCI S PROSTATECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PT EXPIRED. NO ADDITIONAL INFO WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2009-00411Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2006-08-14FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2015-01349da 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 10/01/2015, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) RECEIVED FDA VOLUNTARY REPORT MW5056296 WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: THIS IS A LATE REPORT AS WE WERE UNAWARE WE COULD HAVE REPORTED EARLIER TO FDA. MY MOTHER, (B)(6), AT TIME OF DEATH, WAS UNDERGOING A MITRAL VALUE [SIC] REPAIR WITH THE SURGEON, DR. (B)(6), USING THE DAVINCI ROBOT. THIS OCCURRED AT (B)(6) ON (B)(6) 2006. ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICIAN, THE ROBOT NICKED HER HEART WHICH RESULTED IN BLEEDING OUT AND EMERGENCY OPEN HEART SURGERY. SHE NEVER RECOVERED AND DEVELOPED SEPSIS INFECTION 4 DAYS LATER. WE WERE INFORMED LATER THAT OUR MOM WAS THE ONLY THE 3RD PATIENT FOR HEART VALVE SURGERY ON THIS ROBOT. WE ALSO ARE AWARE THAT ANOTHER WOMAN DIED SUBSEQUENTLY BY THE SAME ROBOT AND PHYSICIAN. THE DOCTOR LEFT TOWN AFTER THIS. (WE NEVER FILED A LAWSUIT DUE TO (B)(6) LAWS ON DAMAGES.) I AM WRITING THIS TO INFORM THE FDA AND TO NOTIFY YOU OF AN ADVERSE EVENT FOR YOUR STATS OF THIS DAVINCI ROBOT. MY HOPE IS THAT NO ONE WILL HAVE TO DIE FROM THIS ROBOT IN THE FUTURE IN THE CARDIAC REALM OF USE FOR DAVINCI. THANK YOU. (B)(6). ON 10/02/2015, ISI CONTACTED THE INITIAL REPORTER (THE PATIENT'S DAUGHTER) AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATI
cause not established2955842-2015-01349Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2006-03-24FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2014-01029da 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 DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY AND CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE FOLLOWED BY A PLANNED OPEN PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2006. THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY EXPIRED ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE (B)(6) 2006 OPERATIVE REPORT AS WELL AS HER SUBSEQUENT OPERATIVE SUMMARIES AND HER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE SUMMARY. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS, THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER FACILITY FOR FURTHER CARE ON (B)(6) 2006 AND THEN WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2006. NO FURTHER MEDICAL RECORDS WERE PROVIDED AFTER THIS DISCHARGE DATE. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DATED (B)(6) 2006 INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY AND CHOLECYSTECTOMY, OPEN PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY, PORTAL VEIN RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION. THE PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS WAS NOTED AS PANCREATIC HEAD MASS AND CYSTIC NEOPLASM AND THE POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS WAS PANCREATIC CARCINOMA. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE BEGAN WITH A ROBOTIC ASSISTED DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY TO IDENTIFY THE BODY AND NECK OF THE PANCREAS. THE PROCEDURE THEN PROCEEDED WITH A CHOLECYSTECTOMY. ONCE T
cause not established2955842-2014-01029Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2005-11-29FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2013-04001da 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 RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A PATIENT THAT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2005. 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. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT EXPIRED IN (B)(6) 2010. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2013-04001Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2004-01-01FDA MAUDEAccuray2950679-2013-00005CyberKnife
CyberKnife — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2013, AN ACCURAY EMPLOYEE LEARNED OF THE DEATHS OF TWO PTS DETAILED IN A RESEARCH PAPER (DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS 2012, V:25, PG 623-629, TITLE: ESOPHAGEAL TOLERANCE TO HIGH-DOSE STEREOTACTIC ABLATIVE RADIOTHERAPY). ONE PT RECEIVED TREATMENTS FOR A LUNG TUMOR IN PARALLEL WITH CHEMOTHERAPY. SIX MONTHS AFTER TREATMENT, THE PT DEVELOPED FATAL HEMOPTYSIS (COUGHING UP OF BLOOD). THE SECOND PT RECEIVED TREATMENTS FOR A SPINAL TUMOR PARALLEL WITH CHEMOTHERAPY. FOUR MONTHS POST TREATMENT, THE PT DEVELOPED AN ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION AND INFECTION LEADING TO DEATH. THE DOCTOR CONFIRMED THE PTS HAD BEEN TREATED CORRECTLY AND THE SYSTEM HAD NOT MALFUNCTIONED.
cause not established2950679-2013-00005AccurayRead the record ↗Death reported2002-10-11FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2013-00536da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Death report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IN A PUBLISHED CITRON RESEARCH ARTICLE TITLED INTUITIVE SURGICAL: ANGEL WITH BROKEN WINGS, OR THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE? ON JANUARY 17, 2013, IT WAS STATED IN AN EMBEDDED LINK ON PAGE 22 THAT IN DECEMBER 2003 THE WIDOW OF A (B)(6) TEACHER FILED A LAWSUIT AFTER A DOCTOR AT [HOSPITAL] ACCIDENTLY CUT HIS AORTA AND THE VENA CAVA WHILE USING THE DA VINCI SURGICAL ROBOT TO REMOVE A CANCEROUS KIDNEY. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGED THAT THE HOSPITAL ALLOWED DOCTORS INEXPERIENCED WITH THE ROBOT TO PERFORM THE SURGERY. THE CLAIM FURTHER CHARGED THAT THE HOSPITAL WAS MORE INTERESTED IN USING ITS NEW DEVICE THAN IN ENSURING HER HUSBAND'S SAFETY. ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL FINDINGS IN THIS CASE, THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED ON (B)(6) 2003 AND THE ONLY NAMED DEFENDANT WAS THE HOSPITAL. THE ALLEGATIONS STEM FROM THE CLAIM THAT THE DECEDENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE. THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGED THAT ISI HAD ESTIMATED 18 ROBOTIC SURGERIES WERE NECESSARY TO BE PROFICIENT WITH THE SYSTEM AND THAT ISI CERTIFIED THE DOCTOR AFTER ONLY THREE TRAINING SESSIONS. THE COMPLAINT STATED THAT THE DECEDENT SUFFERED FROM A SEVERED AORTA AND VENA CAVA. IN ADDITION, IT WAS ALLEGED THAT A LAP PAD WAS LEFT INSIDE OF THE DECEDEN
cause not established2955842-2013-00536Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗