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Death reported2008-12-16FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2009-00110da 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 2009, INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS FORWARDED VOLUNTARY REPORT BY THE FDA FOR A PT DEATH AT HOSPITAL. THE REPORT DETAILS ARE PROVIDED BELOW: CDRH MAUDE EVENT REPORT 2009. REPORT OUTCOME ATTRIBUTED TO EVENT: DEATH. DATE RECEIVED: 2009. EVENT DATE: 2009. EVENT DESCRIPTION THE FOLLOWING MONTH: HEALTHY FEMALE FOR OVARIAN CYSTECTOMY USING THE DAVINCI ROBOT. PT SUFFERED FATAL CARDIAC ARREST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCEDURE. HISTORY OF HTN, BUT OTHER WISE HEALTHY. NO AUTOPSY DONE. DEVICE INFORMATION: BRAND: DAVINCI ROBOT. DEVICE OPERATOR: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. DEVICE AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION: Y. EXPIRATION DATE: IS REPORTER A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL?: Y.
cause not established2955842-2009-00110Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-12-10FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2013-05409da 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 WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI HEART VALVE REPAIR PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT DURING THE SURGERY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED INTERNAL BLEEDING AND INTERNAL BURNS OCCURRED. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT ALSO ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE AFTER BLOOD VESSELS WERE DAMAGED. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT OR ANY PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS. BASED ON THE LEGAL DOCUMENT PROVIDED, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, AN INSTRUMENT, OR AN ACCESSORY OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE.
cause not established2955842-2013-05409Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-12-09FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2014-03641da 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 REPORTEDLY UNDERWENT A DA VINCI-ASSISTED ROBOTIC PROCEDURE - NEPHRECTOMY FOR RENAL MASS ON (B)(6) 2008. ISI WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH THE DA VINCI SURGERY OPERATIVE REPORT. ISI WAS ONLY PROVIDED A LEGAL CLAIM FORM. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT STATES THAT ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ROBOTIC SURGERY FOR REMOVAL OF A RENAL MASS. DURING THE ROBOTIC SURGERY THE ROBOT PERFORATED THE PATIENT'S ARTERY LEADING TO IS [SIC] OTHER KIDNEY. IN ADDITION, THE LEGAL DOCUMENT CLAIMS THAT AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT WAS NOT A CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE THE CANCER TREATMENT, INTERLEUKIN II, TO FIGHT HIS KIDNEY CANCER. THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY ON (B)(6) 2013 FROM METASTATIC RENAL CANCER. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2014-03641Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-11-14FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-01433da 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 SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO REMOVE A PELVIC MASS, THE CONSOLE SURGEON UNINTENTIONALLY CLIPPED THE PT'S SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY. AFTER THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED, THE PT WENT INTO ORGAN FAILURE WHILE ON THE FLOOR AND EXPIRED. NO ADDITIONAL INFO HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2008-01433Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-11-12FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2008-01421da 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 AFTER A DA VINCI S MITRAL VALVE REPAIR SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND WHILE RE-INFLATION OF THE PT'S RIGHT LUNG, THE SURGICAL STAFF NOTICED A VERY LOW OXYGEN (O2) SATURATION. AS A RESULT OF THE LOW O2 SATURATION, THE SURGICAL STAFF DECIDED TO PUT THE PT ON BYPASS IN ORDER TO SCOPE THE LUNGS. THE SURGICAL STAFF FOUND THAT FLUID HAD ACCUMULATED IN THE PT'S RIGHT LUNG. DESPITE EFFORTS, THE PT WAS NOT ABLE TO REGAIN FUNCTION OF THE RIGHT LUNG AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICU. THE PT EXPIRED DUE TO MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE, HYPOXIA, AND ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA OF THE RIGHT LUNG.
cause not established2955842-2008-01421Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2008-09-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2014-03942da 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 ESOPHAGOGASTRECTOMY FOR ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA ON (B)(6) 2008. A COMBINATION OF STANDARD LAPAROSCOPIC AND ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY WAS PERFORMED. THE SURGEON WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ROBOTIC ASSISTED AND NON-ROBOTIC LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE DEPENDING UPON WHICH TASKS WERE BEING ACCOMPLISHED. ISI WAS PROVIDED WITH THE DA VINCI SURGERY OPERATIVE REPORT (S) AND SUPPLEMENTAL HOSPITAL RECORDS. A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION WAS CONDUCTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, AND/OR ACCESSORY DURING ANY PORTION OF THE OPERATION. THERE WERE NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. PERTINENT FINDINGS INCLUDE BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS CHANGES. THE SURGEON'S DICTATED OPERATIVE REPORT STATES, THERE WERE ADHESIONS IN THE UPPER ABDOMEN, LEFT ABDOMEN AND RIGHT ABDOMEN. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERY. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITH NO REPORTED INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT UN
cause not established2955842-2014-03942Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗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 ↗