All posts tagged "Intuitive Surgical"

Surgeons in Aalst, Belgium were startled when part of the robot arm of a da Vinci surgery robot broke off inside a patient who was undergoing prostate surgery in 2007. According to New Scientist magazine, that incident and others have sparked a rash of lawsuits against Intuitive Surgical, Inc., the company that makes the surgical robots. This news comes after a recent study by Columbia University researchers found that robotic surgery has no real advantages over live surgeons with proper instruments and training.