SS Innovations International Inc. recently completed the first robotic telesurgery performed from its MantraM mobile robotic telesurgery unit (the MantraM bus).

Dr. Priya Bhave Chittawar, founder and managing director of Harmony Institute of Excellence in Reproductive Health (HER Health), guided a complex hysterectomy remotely from the MantraM bus using the company’s SSi Mantra surgical robotic system and seamlessly connecting to an operating room at HER Health in Bhopal, India.

“We believe that our SSi Mantra surgical robotic system, telesurgery capabilities, and MantraM mobile unit affords the ability to overcome traditional cost and distance hurdles, thereby enabling delivery of surgical care to underserved patient communities,” SS Innovations Board Chairman/CEO Dr. Sudhir Srivastava commented. “We are grateful for the support of the HER Health team and Dr. Chittawar, who successfully carried out the first robotic telesurgery performed from our MantraM bus, marking another important milestone in our mission to democratize access to surgical robotic care and expertise. The MantraM bus is designed to not only bring specialized care to patients in remote settings but also to facilitate immersive surgical robotic education and training for a wider range of physicians and other medical professionals regardless of their location.”

SS Innovations launched a MantraM bus tour across India in July to showcase the capabilities of its mobile robotic telesurgery unit and the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system. The tour focused on visits to and demonstrations at hospitals, clinics, conferences, and medical colleges in India’s underserved communities.

The SSi Mantra surgical robotic system is a user-friendly, modular, multi-arm system with many advanced technology features, including three to five modular robotic arms, an open-faced ergonomic surgeon command center, a large 3D 4K monitor, a touch panel monitor for all patient related information display, a virtual real-time image of the robotic patient side arm carts, and the ability for superimposition of 3D diagnostic imaging models. A vision cart provides the table-side team with the same magnified 3D 4K view as the surgeon to provide better safety and efficiency. The SSi Mantra utilizes more than 40 different types of robotic endo-surgical instruments to support different specialties, including cardiac surgery. The SSi Mantra has been clinically validated in India in more than 100 different surgical procedure types.

SS Innovations International Inc. develops surgical robotic technologies to make the benefits of robotic surgery affordable and accessible to a larger segment of the global population. The company’s product range includes its proprietary SSi Mantra surgical robotic system and its suite of SSi Mudra surgical instruments, which support various surgical procedures including robotic cardiac surgery. An American company headquartered in India, SS Innovations plans to expand the global presence of its surgical robotic solutions.