January 31, 2017
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed class action brought by heart surgery patients against Intuitive Surgical Inc. alleging that its surgical robot sent metal debris to their brains, saying the patients needed to prove injury beyond emotional stress.
September 12, 2016
Heart surgery patients told a Georgia federal court Monday that a bid by surgical robot maker Intuitive Surgical Inc. to dismiss their proposed class action alleging a defective Intuitive device sent metal debris to their brains fails because the company is misrepresenting the patients' claims.
June 14, 2016
A putative class of heart surgery patients on Monday accused Intuitive Surgical Inc., which builds the "da Vinci" surgical robot, of building a defective medical device that caused metallic debris to end up on their brains, according to a complaint filed in Georgia federal court.