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(ISI) HAS ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE SITE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REPORTED EVENT; HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. ISI HAS REVIEWED THE SYSTEM LOGS FOR THE SITE WITH A PROCEDURE DATE OF (B)(6) 2010. NO SYSTEM FAULTS/ERRORS WERE FOUND TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE REPORTED SURGICAL PROCEDURE. BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: THE LEGAL COMPLAINT CLAIMS THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A DA VINCI SI SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED AWAY DUE TO SEPSIS AND A PUNCTURED BOWEL. AT THIS TIME, IT IS UNKNOWN IF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SI SYSTEM, AND INSTRUMENT, OR AN ACCESSORY OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. 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ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL COMPLAINT, DURING THE OPERATION, DOCTORS OBSERVED THE PATIENT WAS SEPTIC AND HAD A PUNCTURED COLON. THE PATIENT WAS KEPT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) IN SEVERE CRITICAL CONDITION MAINTAINED BY A VENTILATOR, SO THAT THE DOCTORS COULD CONTINUE TO TREAT HER. ALSO, THE LEGAL COMPLAINT INDICATED THAT DESPITE INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES EVERY TWO DAYS OVER THE DURATION OF TWO WEEKS IN ATTEMPT TO TREAT THE PATIENT, THE SEPSIS WAS TOO ADVANCED AND IRREVERSIBLE. THE LEGAL COMPLAINT CLAIMED THAT THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY ON (B)(6) 2010, DUE TO SEPSIS AND HYPOTENSION CAUSED BY A PUNCTURED COLON FROM THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM SURGERY." }, { "mdr_text_key": "12113511", "text_type_code": "Additional Manufacturer Narrative", "patient_sequence_number": "1", "text": "ON 05/27/2014, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) IDENTIFIED THAT THIS MDR IS A DUPLICATE REPORT OF PATIENT IDENTIFIER = (B)(6), MFR REPORT 2955842-2014-01020. 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