{"id":3366,"date":"2017-02-22T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2017-02-22T09:19:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:19:17","slug":"state-supreme-court-reverses-family-patient-died-complications-da-vinci-robotic-surgical-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-supreme-court-reverses-family-patient-died-complications-da-vinci-robotic-surgical-system\/","title":{"rendered":"State Supreme Court Reverses for Family of Patient Who Died After Complications from Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this case, a manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical Inc<\/a>., sold a surgical device, the robotic surgical system, to a hospital, Harrison Medical Center<\/a>, which credentialed some of its physicians to perform surgery with the device. The surgical device is a robotic surgery tool called the “da Vinci System.”<\/a><\/p>\n

At the trial, an expert urologist for Josette Taylor, the wife of Fred E. Taylor who died four years after undergoing a failed prostatectomy surgery by the robotic device, opined that the surgeons must be credentialed in order to use the da Vinci System.\u00a0The doctor testified that the da Vinci robotic surgical system is one of the most complex devices used in surgical procedures.<\/p>\n

The manufacturer’s warnings regarding that device were at the heart of this case: whether the manufacturer owed a duty to warn the hospital that purchased the device. The manufacturer argued that since it warned the physician who performed the surgery, it had no duty to warn any other party.
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In this case, a manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical Inc., sold a surgical device, the robotic surgical system, to a hospital, Harrison Medical Center, which credentialed some of its physicians to perform surgery with the device. 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