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Death reported2019-03-28FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2019-10227da 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 VIA SOCIAL MEDIA (I.E. (B)(6) POST) THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN UNSPECIFIED DA VINCI-ASSISTED ¿BIOPSY¿ PROCEDURE AND ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. PER THE INITIAL (B)(6) POSTING, THE FOLLOWING WAS NOTED: ¿MY FATHER DIED TWO YEARS AGO WHEN A DAVINCI-AIDED BIOPSY CAUSED MASSIVE BLEEDING. HE MADE ME PROMISE I WOULD NOT SUE. HE DID NOT MAKE ME PROMISE I WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT IT.¿ ON (B)(6) 2019, THE INITIAL REPORTER POSTED THE FOLLOWING SUBSEQUENT (B)(6) POSTING: ¿(B)(6). YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.¿ REFER TO THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THE (B)(6) POSTINGS: "(B)(6)".
cause not established2955842-2019-10227Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Death reported2019-03-20FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2019-10280da 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 INITIALLY REPORTED THAT AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION PROCEDURE, A PUNCTURE WOUND WAS FOUND ON THE PATIENT'S SIGMOID COLON. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTEDLY STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. ON (B)(4) 2019, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CONTACTED THE ISI CLINICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE (CSR) AND THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT WAS OBTAINED: THE CSR WAS PRESENT DURING THE DA VINCI-ASSISTED NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION PROCEDURE WHICH WAS NOT RECORDED ON VIDEO. NO INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED. THERE WERE ALSO NO REPORTS OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED ROBOTICALLY. ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY #1, THE PATIENT HAD COMPLAINTS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE OPERATING ROOM (OR) AND A PUNCTURE WOUND ON THE SIGMOID COLON WAS IDENTIFIED. A BOWEL RESECTION WAS PERFORMED BY A COLORECTAL SURGEON TO ADDRESS THE BOWEL INJURY. ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE POST-OPERATIVELY, THE CSR WAS INFORMED THAT THE PATIENT ULTIMATELY EXPIRED. THE CSR SPOKE TO THE SURGEON ABOUT THE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION (I.E. BOWEL INJURY). ACCORDING TO THE CSR, THE SURGEON DID NOT K
cause not established2955842-2019-10280Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗