SS Innovations has announced the successful completion of the first telesurgery performed with its new SSI Mantra Tele Surgeon Console (TSC).
The company designed the TSC as a compact, self-contained, chair-based version of the larger SSi Mantra surgeon command centre.
It enables portability, requires less space and facilitates the performance of telesurgeries from a range of settings.
The US company first showcased this disruptive innovation at the Society of Robotic Surgery Meeting held in Orlando in June 2024 and has since made several technological improvements.
The platform features a modular, 3D vision, open-console design with superior ergonomics. It engages machine learning models to improve safety and efficiency during procedures.
SS Innovations plans to submit Mantra to the FDA during this quarter, aiming for clearance in the first half of 2026.
The company completed the first robotic cardiac surgeries in the Americas with the system in June.
Last month, Dr Sudhir Srivastava, SS Innovations chair and CEO, used the TSC for the first time.
Srivastava performed a robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass procedure from his residence in New Delhi, India on a patient located approximately 185 miles away at Manipal Hospital in Jaipur, India.
The company said the milestone demonstrated the benefits of the TSC’s compact design.
It highlighted the ability to provide surgical expertise from a physician without requiring the resources of an entire operating room.
Dr Srivastava said: ‘We believe that the SSi Mantra Tele Surgeon Console will offer significant advantages for telesurgery applications in the future and promote greater patient access to surgical expertise. The TSC is a compact, self-contained chair equipped with inbuilt electronics, supported by lightweight glasses and offering magnified three-dimensional view capabilities as well as magnetic sensor-based controls.
‘The TSC has a smaller footprint compared to our standard surgeon command centre, 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.’
