The company designed the TSC as a compact, self-contained, chair-based version of the larger SSI Mantra surgeon command center. It enables portability, requires less space and facilitates the performance of telesurgeries from a range of settings. Those could include physician offices.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida–based SS Innovations develops Mantra, a surgical robotic platform that provides capabilities for multi-specialty usage, including in cardiothoracic, head and neck, gynecology, urology, and general surgery. 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, and then the first robotic telesurgery for weight loss a couple of weeks later. In September, it announced the world’s first pediatric pyeloplasty telesurgery using Mantra.
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 for provision of surgical expertise from the office of any physician without requiring the resources of an entire operating room.
“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,” Srivastava said. “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. 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.”
