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AI-Enabled TruDi Navigation System Was Alleged to Have Contributed to Patient's Stroke During June 2022 Sinus Procedure
- Occurred
- Jun 23, 2022
- Published
- Feb 9, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Patient Erin Ralph allegedly suffered carotid-artery injury and a stroke after a June 23, 2022 sinus procedure in Texas in which surgeon Marc Dean reportedly used Acclarent's AI-enabled TruDi Navigation System. Ralph's lawsuit alleged TruDi misinformed Dean about the instrument's position inside her head; Acclarent and Integra LifeSciences, which later acquired Acclarent, reportedly denied a causal connection.
Developers
- Acclarent
- AI-enabled surgical navigation system developers
- AI-enabled healthcare system developers
- Johnson & Johnson
- Integra LifeSciences
Deployers
- Marc Dean
- Surgical teams using TruDi Navigation System
Harmed parties
- Erin Ralph
- Surgical patients
- Patients
- Patients undergoing AI-assisted procedures
- Sinus surgery patients
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-enabled surgical navigation system caused patient injury leading to lawsuit and allegations of medical malpractice.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8