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Not graded by the source2023-02-14FDA MAUDEGlobus MedicalExcelsiusGPS3004142400-2024-00402ExcelsiusGPS
ExcelsiusGPS — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: MOTION CONTROL. COMMUNICATION FAILED ERROR. THIS KEEPS POPPING UP.
cause not established3004142400-2024-00402Globus MedicalExcelsiusGPSRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-02-10FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-11122da 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-ASSISTED MYOMECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, A PORTION OF THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT BROKE OFF DURING USE. THE BROKEN PIECE WAS RETRIEVED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE WHICH WAS COMPLETED ROBOTICALLY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER ON AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE INSTRUMENT WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE AND THERE WAS NO NOTED DAMAGE. THE INSTRUMENT BROKE RIGHT AT THE JAW HINGE. THE INSTRUMENT WAS IN USE FOR ROUGHLY 10 MINUTES. THE SURGEON DID NOT NOTICE AN ISSUE WITH THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE INSTRUMENT. THE INSTRUMENT DID NOT COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER INSTRUMENT. THE FRAGMENT FELL INSIDE THE ABDOMEN DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE INSTRUMENT WAS NOT REMOVED PRIOR TO BREAKAGE. THE BREAK WAS NOTICED IMMEDIATELY AS THE SURGEON SAW THE JAW FALL DOWN. THE SURGICAL STAFF GRABBED THE JAW FRAGMENT WITH GRASPERS AND REMOVED FRAGMENT THROUGH AN ASSIST PORT. AN ADDITIONAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REMOVE FRAGMENT. THERE WERE NO POST-OPERATIVE TESTS. THE PATIENT HAS NOT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO EXPERIENCING ANY POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE EVENT.
cause not established2955842-2023-11122Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-02-10FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-11959da 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 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT DA VINCI-ASSISTED SP EXTRAPERITONEAL PROSTATECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2023 AS PART OF THE CGMH URO SP CLINICAL STUDY. THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT AND SWELLING WITH NO URINE OUTPUT INTO HIS URINARY BAG. THE PHYSICIAN AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM OBSERVED THAT THE PATIENT HAD ABDOMINAL SWELLING, DISCOMFORT IN ABDOMINAL AND GENITAL AREA WITH THE PAIN ASSESSMENT 1 OUT OF 10, AND MILD HEMATURIA. CYSTOGRAPHY AND CT OF UROGRAPHY (CTU) INITIALLY CONFIRMED ASCITES. SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOSTOMY WAS PERFORMED AS TREATMENT. THE STUDY INVESTIGATOR ASSESSED THIS EVENT AS NOT RELATED TO DA-VINCI DEVICES, AND POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE. INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISI) OBTAINED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS THE FOLLOWING: THERE WERE NO INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS NOR ANY OTHER POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. THERE WERE NO ALLEGATIONS OF ANY MALFUNCTIONS OF ANY DA VINCI SYSTEMS, INSTRUMENTS OR ACCESSORIES THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED ADVERSE EVENT. THE PATIENT WAS LATER FOUND WITH PERIVESICAL FLUID INSTEAD OF ASCITES VIA CT SCAN. A PIGTAIL DRAIN WAS PLACED. AFTER ADMISSION, CYSTOGRAPHY SHOWED MINIMAL LEA
cause not established2955842-2023-11959Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-02-09FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-11492da 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-ASSISTED LIVER CYSTECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, ERRORS OCCURRED ON THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT, AND THE INSTRUMENT BLADE BROKE OFF AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT AFTER TEN MINUTES INTO THE OPERATION. THE FRAGMENT WAS RETRIEVED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT WITH A BACK-UP INSTRUMENT OF THE SAME KIND AND COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) PERFORMED FOLLOW-UP AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL/UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT: THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT WAS REPORTEDLY INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE, AND NO ISSUE WAS NOTED. THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT PERFORMED AS INTENDED UP UNTIL IT BROKE WHILE THE SURGEON WAS DISSECTING UNSPECIFIED TISSUE. THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT DID NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT OR HARD MATERIAL DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. AFTER THE HARMONIC ACE BLADE BROKE OFF AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT, THE FRAGMENT WAS VISUALLY LOCATED AND RETRIEVED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMED ALL FRAGMENTS WERE RETRIEVED BY MATCHING THE BROKEN FRAGMENT TO THE INSTRUMENT. NO ADDITIONAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS REQUIRED,
cause not established2955842-2023-11492Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-02-07FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-11224da 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-ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY WITH LYMPHADENECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE SURGICAL STAFF OBSERVED INVERTED IMAGING WHILE USING A 30 DEGREE ENDOSCOPE PLUS. THE ISSUE OCCURRED ONCE DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT THE ENDOSCOPE MOVED WITH UNINTUITIVE MOVEMENTS AND WITH REVERSED CONTROL DESPITE CORRECT ALIGNMENT AND INSTALLATION. THE ENDOSCOPE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE PATIENT SIDE CART (PSC) AND RESEATED WHICH SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED THE ISSUE. PER THE SURGEON, THERE WAS A "PROLONGATION OF THE PROCEDURE" BY 15 MINUTES AND "MINIMALLY INCREASED BLOOD LOSS, BUT NO LASTING HARM." THE ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT IS UNKNOWN. IN ADDITION, THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING AND WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION, IF ANY, WAS RENDERED DUE TO THE COMPLICATION ARE UNKNOWN AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (TSE) REVIEWED THE LOGS AFTER PROCEDURE COMPLETION AND FOUND AN ERROR POINTING TO A SCOPE ENGAGEMENT ISSUE.
cause not established2955842-2023-11224Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-02-02FDA MAUDEGlobus MedicalExcelsiusGPS3004142400-2024-00399ExcelsiusGPS
ExcelsiusGPS — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: CASE INFO: DR. (B)(6). L4-S2AI CORTICAL TRAJECTORY OPEN FUSION. 1.1R4 EGPS SOFTWARE. SETUP; DR. (B)(6)' PA, DAMIEN, IMPLANTED THE DRB VIA THE QUATTRO SPIKE INTO THE RIGHT PSIS. (B)(6) THEN IMPLANTED THE SM IN THE LEFT PSIS. EGPS POSITIONED ON THE SAME SIDE AS DAMIEN AND THE C-ARM OPPOSITE THE OR DOOR. CAMERA WAS POSITIONED AT THE FOOT OF THE BED. EXTRA MONITOR FROM SSI USED FOR DR. (B)(6) DURING REGISTRATION THEN FOR (B)(6) FOR SCREW PLACEMENT. (B)(6) THEN VERIFIED SURVEILLANCE. REGISTRATION; THE REGISTRATION TOOK 5 MINUTES. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL MERGE, (B)(6) COMPLETED A LANDMARK CHECK. IMPLANTATION; (B)(6) IMPLANTED EACH SCREW USING; FIRST, THE 4.5 HS DRILL/3.5 TIPPED DRILL, FOLLOWED BY THE SCREW- EVENTUALLY SKIPPING THE 4.5MM HS DRILL. SCREW PLACEMENT FROM L4-S1 TOOK 10 MINUTES. FOR S2AI IT TOOK 30 MINUTES. DR. (B)(6) USED THE TIPPED 5.0/6.0MM CREO MCS DRILL WITH THE 60MM HARD STOP THEN USED A TAP TO GET ACROSS THE JOINT. S2AIL IMPLANTATION WAS SUCCESSFUL BUT S2AIR BREACHED ANTERIORLY. ***WE BELIEVE THAT THE STARTING POSITION FOR S2AIR BEING MORE INFERIOR (PLANNED BELOW 3X SI-BONE SCREWS) THE SI JOINT WAS FURTHER THAN THE HARD STOP PREVENTING THE TIPPED DRILL FROM SUCCESSFULLY CROS
cause not established3004142400-2024-00399Globus MedicalExcelsiusGPSRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-02-01FDA MAUDEGlobus MedicalExcelsiusGPS3004142400-2024-00401ExcelsiusGPS
ExcelsiusGPS — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE HOSPITAL JUST PURCHASED TWO NEW CT MACHINES AND HAS A SLIGHT TURNOVER OF CT TECH STAFF. THE FIRST SCAN LOADED ONTO THE ROBOT WITH A YELLOW WARNING. I CLICKED THROUGH IT NOT THINKING TWICE BECAUSE THE SCAN POPULATED ON THE IMAGE LOCAL PAGE/ALLOWED ME TO PROCEED TO PLAN. WHEN REGISTERING THE X-RAYS TO THE SCAN (PREP CUT WORKFLOW), THE ERROR "FLUORO-CT IMAGE REGISTRATION FAILED" IN YELLOW POPULATED THE SCREEN. I TRIED RESETTING THE SOFTWARE, RESTARTING THE ROBOT, EVEN CHANGING THE SCAN TO ANOTHER ONE TITLED "THINS" (INSTEAD OF THE PRESET "GLOBUS 1MM BY 1MM") AND RE-REGISTERING. NOTHING WORKED, AND THE SURGEON ENDED UP BAILING ON THE ROBOT.
cause not established3004142400-2024-00401Globus MedicalExcelsiusGPSRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-30FDA MAUDEGlobus MedicalExcelsiusGPS3004142400-2024-00396ExcelsiusGPS
ExcelsiusGPS — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: POWER NOT GETTING TO ROBOT. APPEARS TO BE A FUSE ISSUE.
cause not established3004142400-2024-00396Globus MedicalExcelsiusGPSRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-30FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-11964da 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: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2023-11964Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-30FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10879da 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: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2023-10879Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-29FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10964da 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-ASSISTED SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT SUDDENLY DID NOT WORK. A FRAGMENT FROM AN UNSPECIFIED LOCATION OF THE INSTRUMENT ALLEGEDLY FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT AND WAS RETRIEVED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING A BACKUP HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THERE WAS NO FRAGMENT LEFT.
cause not established2955842-2023-10964Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-24FDA MAUDEAuris HealthMonarch Platform3014447948-2023-00007Monarch Platform
Monarch Platform — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED DURING A MONARCH BRONCHOSCOPY PROCEDURE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A PNEUMOTHORAX, HEMOPTYSIS, AND DYSPNEA. A PIGTAIL (CHEST TUBE) WAS PLACED AND THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND LATER RELEASED. NO MALFUNCTION, FAULT OR ERRORS WERE REPORTED.
cause not established3014447948-2023-00007Auris HealthMonarch PlatformRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-24FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10792da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER PORT PLACEMENT BUT PRIOR TO DOCKING FOR A DA VINCI-ASSISTED PROSTATECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE SITE WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH ENDOSCOPE ENGAGEMENT. PRIOR TO CALLING IN, INTUITIVE REP HAD THE STAFF RE-DRAPE TWICE AND TRY TWO DIFFERENT ENDOSCOPES. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (TSE) WALKED THE REP THROUGH A HARD POWER CYCLE OF THE PATIENT SIDE CART (PSC) AND REINSTALLATION OF CAMERA ARM STERILE ADAPTER. TSE RECOMMENDED CUSTOMER ATTEMPT A THIRD ENDOSCOPE, BUT SYSTEM WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE THIRD ENDOSCOPE. THE PROCEDURE WAS ABORTED WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER ON AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CONFIRMED THAT PORTS WERE PLACED. THEY WERE PREPARING TO DOCK AND ENTER DIRECTLY INTO THE BLADDER. THEY CUT FACIA AND ENTERED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLADDER. THE REST OF THE INSTRUMENTS WERE DOCKED, BUT THE NONE OF THE ENDOSCOPES WOULD ENGAGE. CONFIRMED THERE WERE NO POST-OP COMPLICATIONS.
cause not established2955842-2023-10792Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-24FDA MAUDEAuris HealthMonarch Platform3014447948-2023-00006Monarch Platform
Monarch Platform — 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 MONARCH BRONCHOSCOPY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A PNEUMOTHORAX. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED FOR IN-PATIENT HOSPITALIZATION. SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN WAS ADMINISTERED. THE PATIENT WAS RELEASED TWO (2) DAYS LATER. THE HOSPITAL CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT RECOVERED WITHOUT SEQUELAE. AFTER THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT REPORTED HAEMOPTYSIS. THE PATIENT¿S HAEMOPTYSIS WAS REPORTED AS POSSIBLY RELATED TO USE OF THE MONARCH SYSTEM. THE PATIENT¿S SYMPTOM WAS REPORTED AS HAVING A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE BRONCHOSCOPY PROCEDURE. THE HAEMOPTYSIS WAS REPORTED AS RESOLVED WITHOUT SEQUALAE. IN ADDITION, THE PATIENT REPORTED SHORTNESS OF BREATH. THE PATIENT¿S SHORTNESS OF BREATH WAS REPORTED AS NOT RELATED TO USE OF THE MONARCH SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE PATIENT¿S SYMPTOM WAS REPORTED AS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE BRONCHOSCOPY PROCEDURE. ON FEBRUARY 17, 2023, THE PATIENT¿S SHORTNESS OF BREATH WAS REPORTED AS RESOLVED WITHOUT SEQUALAE. THERE WAS NO REPORTED MALFUNCTION OF THE MONARCH BRONCHOSCOPY SYSTEM.
cause not established3014447948-2023-00006Auris HealthMonarch PlatformRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-23FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10927da 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 DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED BENIGN HYSTERECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT HAD A PIECE OF METAL THAT BROKE OFF AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE FRAGMENT WAS RETRIEVED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO ADDITIONAL REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) MADE MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HOWEVER, NO FURTHER DETAILS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.
cause not established2955842-2023-10927Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-19FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10695da 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-ASSISTED RADICAL WITH LYMPHADENECTOMY PROSTATECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT THE BIPOLAR ENERGY WAS NOT WORKING. THE STAFF TRIED TWO DIFFERENT BIPOLAR INSTRUMENT CORDS BEFORE CALLING. THE INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (TSE) ASKED THE STAFF TO CYCLE THE ERBE GENERATOR POWER. THE SURGEON CONVERTED TO AN OPEN PROCEDURE. ISI MADE MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HOWEVER, NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.
cause not established2955842-2023-10695Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-19FDA MAUDEGlobus MedicalExcelsiusGPS3004142400-2024-00393ExcelsiusGPS
ExcelsiusGPS — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: DR. (B)(6) FIRST DBS PROCEDURE WITH EGPS AND E3D HAD TO BE ABORTED DUE TO MISSED TRAJECTORIES, THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO MERGE ISSUES WITH THE PRE-OP T1 MRI. THE PATIENT WAS ATTACHED TO THE PSS WITH A LEKSELL HEAD-FRAME, AND A THE LEKSELL FRA WAS USED FOR REFERENCE. A NON-STERILE INTRAOP REGISTRATION WAS PERFORMED WITH E3D AND LANDMARKS WERE CHECKED SHOWING AN ACCURATE REGISTRATION. THE PATIENT WAS PREPPED AND DRAPED AND INCISION AND BURR-HOLES WERE MADE. THE ROBOT WAS BROUGHT BACK INTO POSITION AND A THIRD LANDMARK VERIFICATION WAS PERFORMED, A TEST TRAJECTORY WAS SET UP AND THE ROBOT SHOWED ACCURATE PLACEMENT. THE ROBOT WAS SENT TO THE LEFT GPI TRAJECTORY AND THE LEAD WAS PLACED. A STERILE EVALUATION SPIN WAS COMPLETED WITH E3D AND SHOWED AN ANTERIOR TO POSTERIOR LEAD PLACEMENT, BISECTING THE INTENDED TRAJECTORY. LANDMARK CHECKS WERE PERFORMED AGAIN SHOWING A SLIGHTLY DEEP INSTRUMENT IN THE CT SCAN. IT WAS ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ALPHA OMEGA XY BASE STAGE WAS LOOSE AND ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. IT WAS DECIDED TO RE-REGISTER THE PATIENT WHICH WAS SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED. LANDMARK CHECKS SHOWED AN ACCURATE REGISTRATION. THE ROBOT WAS SENT BACK TO THE TRAJECTORY AND THE LEAD WAS REPL
cause not established3004142400-2024-00393Globus MedicalExcelsiusGPSRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-18FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10702da 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-ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT'S VAS DEFERENS WAS INJURED. THE ISSUE OCCURRED DURING THE END OF THE PROCEDURE WHILE PERFORMING THE ANASTOMOSIS. THE SURGEON ROTATED THE 0 DEGREE ENDOSCOPE PLUS SEVERAL TIMES WHILE LOOKING FOR A SUTURE NEEDLE, AFTER WHICH THE MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS (MCS) INSTRUMENT ALLEGEDLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL TOWARDS THE VAS DEFERENS AND UNINTENTIONALLY TRANSECTED IT. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE VAS DEFERENS WAS REPAIRED. THE ARTERY AND VEIN NEXT TO THE VAS DEFERENS DID NOT CONTACT THE MCS AND WERE THEREFORE NOT INJURED. WHILE ROTATING THE ENDOSCOPE, AN UNSPECIFIED ¿BAD SOUND¿ WAS HEARD. NO ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYED. ALL THE INSTRUMENTS WERE THEN REMOVED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE UNIVERSAL SURGICAL MANIPULATORS (USM)S AND REINSTALLED. THE SURGICAL STAFF THEN CONTINUED THE PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING AN 8MM 30 DEGREE ENDOSCOPE. THE SURGEON BELIEVES THE CAUSE OF THE INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION WAS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE 0 DEGREE ENDOSCOPE PLUS FOLLOWED BY FEELING UNEXPECTED MOVEMENTS WITH THE USMS. THE PATIENT DID NOT EXPERIENCE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND WAS REPORTED TO BE ¿OKAY¿. THE INTU
cause not established2955842-2023-10702Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-16FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10687da 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 AS PART OF A CLINICAL TRIAL THAT 2 DAYS AFTER A DA VINCI-ASSISTED LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION (LAR) WITH TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION (TME), THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED LIGHTHEADEDNESS WITH NAUSEA AND VOMITING. A NASOGASTRIC WAS PLACED, AND ILEUS WAS SHOWN ON X-RAY. BLOOD WORK SHOWED NO CONCERNS OF BLEEDING OR INFECTION. IV FLUIDS WERE GIVEN TO THE PATIENT. NO MALFUNCTIONS OF SP SYSTEM OR INSTRUMENTS WERE REPORTED, AND THERE WERE NO INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DURING THE SURGERY. ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY (POD) #5, THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED RESOLVED FROM ILEUS. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON POD #6 WITH NORMAL BOWEL FUNCTION AND WAS TOLERATING A GENERAL DIET.
cause not established2955842-2023-10687Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-13FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10553da 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-ASSISTED RADICAL TONSILLECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DOCK THEY WERE GETTING A CANNULA INVALID MESSAGE. AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (TSE) WALKED THE CUSTOMER THROUGH EMERGENCY POWER OFF (EPO) OF THE PATIENT SIDE CART (PSC) AND ERROR 1162 PERSISTED. THE TSE REVIEWED ONSITE LOGS AND CONFIRMED ERROR CODE 1162. TSE THEN WALKED THE CALLER THROUGH ADDITIONAL EPO OF PSC AND POWERING SYSTEM BACK ON WITH CANNULA INSTALLED AND SYSTEM POWERED ON AND ERROR DID NOT PERSIST. THE CALLER REPORTED THAT THE SURGEON HAD PERFORMED THE SURGERY ¿MANUALLY¿ AND THE CASE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT THE DAVINCI ROBOT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER ON AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE SURGEON¿S NAME WAS PROVIDED. THE SURGEON WAS REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE SURGICAL APPROACH TO OPEN SURGERY. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PATIENT.
cause not established2955842-2023-10553Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-10FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10428da 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-ASSISTED NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION-ISOLATED SURGICAL PROCEDURE, A SMALL ROUND FRAGMENT ATTACHED TO THE WRIST OF THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED ROBOTICALLY. ISI FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE WITH NO DAMAGE FOUND. THE SURGEON DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE FRAGMENT FELL EXACTLY. THE SURGEON FOUND THE SMALL ROUND FRAGMENT ON THE TISSUE, AND THEN REALIZED IT WAS FROM THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT. THE SURGEON DID NOT NOTICE ANY ISSUES WITH THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE INSTRUMENT DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND THE INSTRUMENT DID NOT COLLIDE WITH ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS OR OTHER HARD MATERIAL DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON TRIED TO RETRIEVE THE FRAGMENT THROUGH THE CANNULA BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CUSTOMER TRIED TO FIND THE FRAGMENT INSIDE THE PATIENT AGAIN BUT COULD NOT FIND IT. NO FRAGMENTS WERE RETRIEVED. NO POST-OPERATIVE TESTS WERE PERFORMED AS THE FRAGMENT WAS TOO SMALL TO BE REVEALED BY X-RAY. THE PATIENT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO RETAINING A FOREIGN OBJECT.
cause not established2955842-2023-10428Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-09FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10534da 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-ASSISTED HIATAL HERNIA SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE PROGRASP FORCEPS INSTRUMENT SCREW AT THE DISTAL MECHANISM CAME LOOSE AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE SCREW WAS RETRIEVED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE FROM THE PATIENT WITHOUT INJURY. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER ON AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE PROGRASP FORCEPS INSTRUMENT WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE FOUND. THE INSTRUMENT WAS BEING INSERTED WHEN THE SCREW FELL OUT. THE PROCEDURE HAD JUST STARTED WHEN THE REPORTED ISSUE OCCURRED. THE SURGEON DID NOT NOTICE ANY FUNCTIONALITY ISSUES BEFORE THE INSTRUMENT BROKE. THE INSTRUMENT DID NOT COLLIDE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS. A NEW INSTRUMENT WAS OPENED AFTER THE SCREW WAS REMOVED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED ROBOTICALLY. THE PATIENT HAS NOT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO EXPERIENCING POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO FOREIGN OBJECTS.
cause not established2955842-2023-10534Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-03FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10338da 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: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2023-10338Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-02FDA MAUDEIntuitive Surgical, Inc.2955842-2023-10740da 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: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2023-10740Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2023-01-01Press recordsStarship Technologies
The robot "reversed and ran into her" after she had crossed behind it, causing her to fall.
cause not establishedStarship TechnologiesRead the record ↗Serious injury2023-01-01Press recordsStarship Technologies
a 73-year-old woman was knocked down and struck multiple times by a Starship food delivery robot
cause not establishedStarship TechnologiesRead the record ↗