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MAUDE injury report 1219930-2026-02541 (Hugo)

S3 · 04/2026 · Medtronic Hugo

Record

CompanyMedtronic Hugo
Categorymedical robotics
Typeinjury
Date04/2026
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
ScaleMDR 1219930-2026-02541
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceopenFDA MAUDE

What happened

IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING A ROBOTIC LAPAROSCOPIC RECTAL RESECTION PROCEDURE, AT THE STEP OF RECTAL DISPLACEMENT, THE JAWS OF A BIPOLAR FENESTRATED GRASPER WERE DAMAGED, RESULTING IN DISLODGEMENT OF THE INSULATING COMPONENT INTO THE PATIENT¿S ABDOMINAL CAVITY. THE JAW COMPONENT

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