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AI-Enabled TruDi Navigation System Was Alleged to Have Contributed to Patient's Stroke During May 2023 Sinuplasty
Patient Donna Fernihough allegedly suffered carotid-artery damage and a same-day stroke during a May 19, 2023 balloon sinuplasty in Texas in which surgeon Marc Dean reportedly used Acclarent's AI-enabled TruDi Navigation System. Her lawsuit alleged the system's AI-assisted navigation contributed to unsafe guidance during the procedure; Acclarent and Integra LifeSciences, which later acquired Acclarent, denied evidence linking TruDi's AI to the injuries.
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2023-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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