Death and taxes are unavoidable. And if you create a popular product, so too are product liability lawsuits. In my practice, companies sometimes ask, “How soon after our surgical robot hits the market will we get sued?”...more
Last week, the FDA issued a warning against the use of robotic surgery for mastectomy and other cancer-related procedures. ...more
3/8/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bodily Injury ,
Cancer ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Off-Label Use ,
Patient Safety ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Robotic Surgery ,
Robotics
Over the last decade, robotics have revolutionized healthcare. Surgical robots are rapidly making their way into many of our nation’s operating rooms, and are being used in a wide variety of surgeries ranging from...more
Recently, my colleague Amy Foust made some really good points about a subject that is rarely discussed. Over the years, a number of patients have claimed that they were injured by surgical robots defective by design or...more