Robot incidents in 2009
The Machine Record holds 1 incident involving commercial robots in 2009, most involving Intuitive Surgical: 1 where a person was hurt, and 0 that reached a regulator, a recall or a court.
Counts measure what was reported in the press the register reads and cleared verification, not how many events took place. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of this is a rate. The rules are on the methodology page.
Reading the numbers
The 1 case dated 2009 is spread over 1 month and 11 months without a case. The newest case is dated 2009-01-01: Michelle Zarick alleged that inadequately insulated electrified scissors on the da Vinci robotic surgical system caused internal injuries during a 2009 hysterectomy, resulting in intestinal prolapse and emergency surgery requiring a hip-to-hip incision.
Intuitive Surgical accounts for 1 of the 1 case (100%). Most cases are placed in the United States (1).
Every case records a person hurt, none fatal. The most common type of event is lawsuit (1). None of the cases has yet gone beyond the first report.
Every case dated 2009
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Every case added to the register in the last seven days, with its sources. Free, no account, and the register is the only sender.