Intuitive Surgical has issued an “urgent medical device notification” alerting hospitals and other customers that it has “identified a potential issue” with the da Vinci surgical robot that can burn patients internally during surgery. Specifically, the company revealed that some models of the da Vinci monopolar curved scissors have “micro-cracks” that can create “a pathway for electrosurgical energy to leak into tissue during use and potentially cause thermal injury.”
(PRWeb May 10, 2013)
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