January 14, 2025 5:56 PM

India’s first robotic system performs telesurgeries over a distance of 286 km

In a groundbreaking achievement, India's indigenous surgical robotic system, SSI Mantra, successfully conducted two robotic cardiac surgeries via telesurgery over a distance of 286 kilometers. The surgeries were remotely performed at Manipal Hospital in Jaipur by Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, operating from Gurugram, using the advanced SSI Mantra 3 Surgical Robotic System. The first procedure, a Telerobotic-assisted Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting, was successfully completed in just 58 minutes. Th...