SS Innovations Achieves Significant Milestones in 2023 - Seite 2

“Looking ahead, we’re diligently working to secure regulatory approvals in the United States and Europe, which we expect to receive in the 2024 – 2025 timeframe. All of these initiatives have strengthened our foundation for future growth and our momentum is clearly building. We are excited to be progressing forward in fulfilling our mission to make robotic surgery accessible to the large global population in need of safe and affordable surgical services,” concluded Dr. Srivastava.

2023 Operational Highlights

• In December 2023, we announced a partnership with Surgical Lab, Ltd., a pan- African medical device distributor, for distribution across the African Continent. Surgical Lab has already begun the required registration of the SSi Mantra in 27 African countries.  
• Additionally in December 2023, a milestone of 200 surgeries performed with the SSi Mantra at a single institution was achieved by the team at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre in New Delhi, one of India’s most prestigious cancer hospitals.
• Also in December 2023, SS Innovations received the Best Company in Robotic Surgery award by the Healthcare Planning and Infrastructure Expo Conference and Awards in New Delhi, India.
• Also in December 2023, Dr. Sudhir Srivastava successfully performed a Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass on a beating heart at Aster CMI Bengaluru, following the successful launch of their robotic cardiac program.
• In November 2023, the Company marked another significant milestone by announcing the successful completion of 500 robotic surgeries across India using SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System.
• In October 2023, SS Innovations entered into a co-development partnership agreement with Johns Hopkins University to broaden procedural applications of medical robotics; they have also installed an SSi Mantra system at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Minimally Invasive and Surgical Training Institute (MISTIC) in Baltimore, MD to support its progress.
• Also in October 2023, the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System received approval for clinical use in Guatemala, marking the Company’s first regulatory approval in Central America.
• In August 2023, the first international sale of the SSi Mantra was announced. In July 2023, the system was delivered to one of the premier hospitals in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which is part of a publicly traded multinational for-profit hospital and healthcare system that operates 32 hospitals and a network of healthcare facilities in six countries, including India.
• In July 2023, the Company announced that it has begun the process of pursuing FDA and CE regulatory approvals for the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system by retaining Elexes, a regulatory and quality compliance firm that assists its clients in securing clinical approvals for breakthrough innovations. The regulatory process is expected to be completed in the 2024 – 2025-time frame.
• In June 2023, the first successful surgical procedure using the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system was performed at the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD) in New Delhi, India. NITRD is the first Central Government Institution in India to purchase the SSi Mantra system, and the first Indian hospital with national status to conduct robotic surgery using the indigenous SSi Mantra surgical robotic system.
• Also in June 2023, the SSi Mantra was used to perform complex cardiac surgery and was successfully utilized in internal mammary harvesting in two adult coronary artery bypass procedures in India. Management believe that there is a significant opportunity for the SSi Mantra to address the large unmet need for safe, timely, and affordable cardiac surgical care in India and around the world.
• In May 2023, thoracic surgeons conducted the first-ever lung surgeries using the SSi Mantra. The surgeries, a lower left lobectomy and a pneumonectomy (complete removal of the lung), pericardial window (removal of a portion of the pericardium), and a complex thymectomy (removal of the thymus) were carried out successfully at the Narayana Hrudayalaya Health City in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Also in May 2023, the Company’s CEO and Chairman, Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, performed a world-first robotic cardiac surgery using the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system at Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.  Additionally, Dr. Srivastava, a pioneer in robotic cardiac surgery, performed two internal mammary takedowns which were utilized in bypass procedures at the Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences which is well-known for performing a high volume of cardiac surgeries. 
• Also in May 2023, surgeons at the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute completed the center’s 100th robotic surgery, a successful radical prostatectomy, using the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system.
• In April 2023, the SSi Mantra was utilized to successfully perform the first pediatric pyeloplasty robotic surgery on a 5-year-old boy at Hindusthan Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Also in April 2023, surgeons performed the first head and neck surgery using the SSi Mantra at Medanta the Medicity in Gurugram, Haryana. The Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) was performed to remove a cancerous mouth lesion.
• In April 2023, the Company completed the transaction with publicly held AVRA Medical Robotics and began trading in the U.S. on the OTC Market under its new name, SS Innovations International, Inc. and new trading symbol, “SSII.”
• In March 2023, the SSi Mantra was utilized in a Thymectomy Surgery at Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad. The robotic surgical procedure offered several advantages over traditional surgery with minimal trauma and faster recovery.
• In February 2023, the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system was awarded the prestigious Aegis Graham Bell Award for being an Innovative Medical Device.