The company, which makes a surgical system for heart and urological procedures, beat the Street on profit, but missed on sales.
Then the news of the FDA surveying surgeons at major hospitals to list complications witnessed with the surgical system further triggered selling in the stock.
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Intuitive Surgical, a developer of robotic surgical systems called da Vinci Surgical System, is set to release its Q4 2012 earnings on January 22.
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Recently a detailed study conducted by the researchers at Columbia University has indicated that the cost-benefit ratio of using da Vinci surgical system to perform hysterectomies is not favorable at all.
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Also, while the lawsuits mentioned by Citron Research hold Intuitive Surgical responsible for a few deaths and injuries, it is unclear at the moment if the da Vinci surgical system actually caused these events.
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"(She) is great proof of the benefits of self-monitoring in the weight loss and management process, " said Dr. Jessica Bartfield, a bariatrician at Loyola University Health System who sees both surgical and nonsurgical patients battling their weight.
The hospital said since 2009 it had developed better training for junior doctors and nurses, improved how the medical and surgical teams work together and improved a night bleeper system for emergencies.
However, with the new clinical data, Intuitive Surgical may have a hard time promoting the use of its system for hysterectomies.
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Known as the Cybram 001, it's said to properly simulate the flow and pressure of one's arterial system from the cerebrum to the groin, and should allow doctors to gain greater familiarity with inserting surgical instruments into these delicate spaces.
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