Parties Settle Louisiana Intuitive Surgical Robot Case

NEW ORLEANS — A woman who alleged she was injured by Intuitive Surgical Inc.’s (NASDAQ: ISRG) surgical robotic device has agreed to settle her case, according to a March 14 notice entered by Magistrate Judge Daniel E. Knowles III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

According to the complaint, Jennifer Silvestrini underwent a robotic transaxillary total thyroidectomy at Tulane University Hospital & Clinic in which an Intuitive da Vinci surgical system was used. The device malfunctioned and neither the surgeon nor the hospital staff could fix the problem, the suit said. After efforts to reach …