The da Vinci surgical robot, developed by Intuitive Surgical, can now be found in a quarter of all hospitals in the country. So far it has been used to perform around 400,000 procedures. According to new report the FDA is now investigating this popular surgical robot as reports of incidents have increased over the past year, in which 500 incidents were reported, including several deaths. As of now there are no official results of this investigation.
The da Vinci robot is used in procedures such as repairing heart valves, removing prostates, wombs and gallbladders, organ transplants etc.
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