SS Innovations (SSi) has successfully performed two world-first robotic cardiac telesurgeries in two days. According to the company, this feat hasn’t been accomplished before.

The SSi Mantra 3 surgical robotic system was used for these surgeries. It remotely connected SS Innovations’ headquarters in Gurugram, India with Manipal Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan, a distance of 286 kilometers.

The procedure was a robotic-assisted internal mammary artery harvesting. The surgical team was led by Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of SS Innovations, from the company’s Headquarters in Gurugram, and supported by Dr. Lalit Malik, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Manipal Hospital, Jaipur, along with his expert team at the remote location in Jaipur.

The telesurgery showed precision, with a low latency of 35-40 milliseconds (less than 1/20th of a second). This groundbreaking procedure was followed by another world-first, a robotic beating heart totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB), a procedure known as one of the most complex cardiac surgical procedures. It was performed via telesurgery under the same collaboration, also with a low latency of just 40 milliseconds.

The SSi Mantra 3 surgical robotic system is the only robotic system in the world to have received regulatory approval for telesurgery and tele-proctoring, according to SS Innovations.

“We are extremely thrilled to have advanced the capabilities of surgery to benefit humanity, especially in areas that need it the most,” said SS Innovations’ founder, chairman, and CEO Dr. Sudhir Srivastava. “By enabling telesurgery, we can bridge gaps in access to medical expertise and deliver the highest standard of care, regardless of geographical barriers. For a country like India, with its vast rural population and significant healthcare disparities, this innovation has the potential to be transformative.”

Telesurgery brings world-class surgical expertise directly to underserved communities, eliminating the need for patients to travel long distances to urban centers for specialized care,” continued Dr. Srivastava. “It ensures timely interventions while reducing logistical and financial burdens on families. With the recent CDSCO approval for telesurgery using SSi Mantra, we have not just advanced technology; we have fulfilled our mission to democratize access to robotic surgery. Our goal has always been to make advanced surgical care affordable and accessible, and telesurgery now allows us to extend the reach of skilled surgeons to every corner of our nation, fundamentally changing the way healthcare is delivered.”