FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DAVINCI XI

MDR report key: 21630257 · Received March 18, 2025

Report

Report Number
2955842-2025-08573
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 18, 2025
Date of Event
February 12, 2025
Report Date
February 17, 2025
Manufacturer
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC
Product Code
NAY
UDI-DI
00886874110720
PMA / PMN Number
K131861
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

NO PRODUCT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOR EVALUATION. THE EVENT INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: AFTER THE SURGEON REVIEWED INTRAOPERATIVE FOOTAGE (THAT WAS NOT SENT TO INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI)), THE CONCLUSION FROM THE SURGEON IS THAT THE STAPLE LINE WAS COMPLETELY FORMED AND WAS NOT PULLED OPEN, NOR HAD IT FALLEN APART. HOWEVER, DURING INSUFFLATION THERE WAS A RUPTURE OF THE PLEURA JUST NEXT TO THE FORMED STAPLE LINE. THE CAUSE IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. AN ADVANCED STAPLER LOG INVESTIGATION FOUND THE STAPLER WAS INSTALLED ON THE SYSTEM 9 TIMES AND FIRED 9 RELOADS (3 BLUE, 1 BLACK, 1 WHITE, 2 BLACK, 1 BLUE, 1 WHITE, IN THAT ORDER). THERE WERE NO INCOMPLETE CLAMPS OR UNCLAMPS BY THIS INSTRUMENT. ON EACH INSTALL, ALL CLAMP ATTEMPTS WERE SUCCESSFUL, AND THE FIRINGS WERE EACH COMPLETED WITH NO PAUSES FOR COMPRESSION. AFTER THE 9TH FIRING, THE INSTRUMENT WAS REMOVED AND NOT USED IN THE PROCEDURE AGAIN. THERE WERE NO STAPLER RELATED ERRORS IN THE SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, A REVIEW OF THE SITE'S SYSTEM LOGS FOUND THERE WERE NO RELATED SYSTEM ERRORS TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT WOULD HAVE LIKELY CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW FOR THE DEVICE(S) INVOLVED WITH THE REPORTED EVENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. NO NON-CONFORMANCES WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE RELATED TO THIS COMPLAINT.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI ASSISTED PULMONARY LOBECTOMY, THE SUREFORM 45 INSTRUMENT FIRED A BLUE RELOAD ON THE PARENCHYMA WITH NO ISSUES. HOWEVER, WHEN MANIPULATING THE TISSUE AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, THE ENTIRETY OF THIS PARTICULAR RELOAD'S STAPLE LINE TORE APART. THERE WERE NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THE OTHER STAPLE LINES PRODUCED IN THE PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT HAS NO RELEVANT COMORBIDITIES AND HAS NOT HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THE PREOP DIAGNOSIS WAS NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
884466 DAVINCI XI PATIENT SIDE CART, 4-ARM NAY INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC 380652-53 N/A 00886874110720

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Required Intervention DA VINCI INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES.