CNBC VIDEO: Intuitive Surgical Raises Red Flag
By lzpro on May 14th, 2013
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CNBC VIDEO: Intuitive Surgical Raises Red Flag
CNBC’s Herb Greenberg reports on the question facing Intuitive Surgical. The company alerted hospitals of a potential issue with one of its instruments. Click here to watch the full Investigative video from CNBC
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Intuitive Surgical Issues Urgent Medical Device Warning Notification
Intuitive Surgical just issued a notification to hospitals warning of potential problems with the daVinci Robotic Surgical System. For the past eight months, trial attorneys Dr. François Blaudeau and Daniel Becnel have been tirelessly working to compel Intuitive Surgical to stop marketing the daVinci Surgical Robot due to many problematic issues. “We commend Intuitive Surgical…
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The Da Vinci Debate – CNBC Video
450,000 people had robot-assisted surgery last year, making Intuitive Surgical, the maker of the da Vinci machine, one of the hottest stocks around. Hospitals across the country embrace the cutting-edge surgical device but criticism is mounting. CNBC’s Herb Greenberg investigates allegations of problems in the operating room in his latest documentary, “The da Vinci Debate.”…
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Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit against Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) (http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/intuitive/) today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of purchasers of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”) (ISRG) common stock during the period between October 19, 2011 and April 18, 2013…
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Robotic Surgery: Growing Sales, but Growing Concerns – Article from CNBC
Dr. Francios Bladeau speaks with Herb Greenberg of CNBC regarding the da Vinci Robot: “The robot has a place in surgery,” said Dr. Francois Blaudeau, a practicing Alabama gynecologist who also is lead plaintiffs attorney focused on da Vinci-related injuries. Blaudeau, who has been trained on the da Vinci, also cautions that “it is a…
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Statement on Robotic Surgery by ACOG President James T. Breeden, MD
Washington, DC — Many women today are hearing about the claimed advantages of robotic surgery for hysterectomy, thanks to widespread marketing and advertising. Robotic surgery is not the only or the best minimally invasive approach for hysterectomy. Nor is it the most cost-efficient. It is important to separate the marketing hype from the reality when…
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Intuitive Robot Probe Threatens Trend-Setting Surgeries – Article from Bloomberg.com
The safety of robots made by Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) is being probed by U.S. regulators, raising questions about the prospects of one of the hottest technologies in health care. Read the full article from Bloomberg HERE
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Comparative Effectiveness Research on Robotic Surgery – Journal of the American Medical Association
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Robotically Assisted vs Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Among Women With Benign Gynecologic Disease – Journal of the American Medical Association
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Hospital Websites Don’t Tell Whole Story on Robotic Surgery
Fewer than 5% of hospitals include information on the costs and complications of robot-assisted gynecologic procedures. Many sites feature emotion-laden marketing language. By KEVIN B. O’REILLY, amednews staff. Posted Aug. 6, 2012. What a surgeon would see through a stereo viewer when using controls at the console of the da Vinci Surgical System. The vast majority of…
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