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Lawsuit: da Vinci surgical robot burned woman's small intestine
S4 · ~Sep 2021 · Intuitive Surgical · FL, USA
Record
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Industry | Medical robotics |
| Type(s) | malfunction |
| Date | ~Sep 2021 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | FL, USA |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Lawsuit alleges a da Vinci surgical robot burned a Florida woman's small intestine during surgery.
Primary source
Publisher: NBC News · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Sep 2021 | Lawsuit: da Vinci surgical robot burned woman's small intestine | NBC News | NBC News |
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