SS Innovations announced successful completion of the first telesurgery using its SSi Mantra tele surgeon console (TSC).

The TSC is a compact, self-contained, chair-based version of the larger SSi Mantra surgeon command center. It allows portability, needs less space, and facilitate performance of telesurgeries from a variety of settings, including physician offices.

SS Innovations first showcased this innovation at the Society of Robotic Surgery meeting last June and has since made technological refinements to the TSC. On October 17, 2025, board chairman and CEO Dr. Sudhir Srivastava used the TSC for the first time to remote perform a robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass procedure from his residence in New Delhi, India on a patient located about 185 miles away at Manipal Hospial in Jaipur, India.

The milestone showed the benefits of the TSC’s compact design, which allows surgical expertise from the office of any physician without needing the resources of an entire operating room. Dr. Srivastava said the company believes the TSC will provide significant advantages for telesurgery applications in the future and promote more access to surgical expertise.

“The TSC is a compact, self-contained chair with inbuilt electronics, supported by lightweight glasses and magnified three-dimensional view capabilities as well as magnetic sensor-based controls,” Dr. Srivastava told the press. “The TSC has a smaller footprint compared to our standard surgeon command center, providing hospital networks with flexibility to place consoles in the offices of surgical experts without tying up entire operating rooms. As long as connectivity is available, we believe that telesurgery and physician expertise can be extended from anywhere using the TSC.”

Last month, the company achieved another world-first telesurgery milestone with the inaugural pediatric pyeloplasty telesurgery, using its SSi Mantra surgical robotic system.