SS Innovations Announces Strategic Partnership with Surgical Lab for Distribution in Africa

Pan African Medical Device Distributor Surgical Lab to place the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System in Healthcare Facilities across the African Continent

Surgical Lab has Begun Registration of SSi Mantra in 27 African countries

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fort Lauderdale, FL., December 26, 2023 - SS Innovations International, Inc. (the “Company” or “SS Innovations”) (OTC: SSII), a developer of innovative surgical robotic technologies dedicated to making robotic surgery affordable and accessible to a global population, today announces it has entered a strategic, exclusive partnership with Surgical Lab, Ltd., a Cairo-based medical device distributor, to provide accessibility to the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System for the entire African continent. This marks another significant milestone for SS Innovations.

Surgical Lab Managing Director, Ali Raei commented, “At Surgical Lab, we believe in the power of collaborative action. We are thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with SS Innovations, which furthers our commitment as the African Surgical Robotic enabler to enhance healthcare and improve the quality of life by transforming the traditional surgical procedures into the revolutionary with integrated futuristic technologies.”

“This marks a significant step in our partnership and a great milestone for our collective expansion plan. We have been discussing all the details with SS Innovations for over a year and are committed to working together to build a more revolutionary healthcare industry for the future of Africa. My team and I are extremely proud to share this initiative and thank SS Innovations for being a part of our mission. We are absolutely thrilled to share that Surgical Lab has started working on the registration of SSi Mantra in 27 countries across Africa. We are looking forward to the new opportunities this strategic partnership will present.”

Commenting on the strategic partnership, Dr. Ossama Elraey Shibly, COO of the Advanced Technologies Group (ATG Holding) which is the parent company of Surgical Lab, said, “I believe that SSi Mantra will serve a lot of patients and will lead the African countries to the next era of robotic surgery. In 2021, I came to know about this innovative Indian MedTech company SS Innovations, developer of the SSi Mantra. I found it to be the only surgical system worldwide that was created with a focus on cost-effectiveness. This will completely transform the landscape of robotic surgery by making it accessible and available to underserved populations worldwide by decentralizing excellence. It has also undergone hundreds of validations in India through its clinical use in over 40 different types of surgical procedures, in all multispecialty disciplines as well as heart surgeries. It is great to see a company that wants to bring the power of robotics to the whole world.”