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Cracking DaVinci: How this Indian doctor’s Mantra is revolutionising robotic surgeries

Cracking DaVinci: How this Indian doctor’s Mantra is revolutionising robotic surgeries

Sudhir Srivastava (centre) with his expanding team at SS Innovations; image credit: SS Innovations

Synopsis

In an exclusive interaction with ET Prime, cardiac surgeon Sudhir Prem Srivastava, the man behind 1,500 successful robotic surgeries, discusses his eventful journey. He details the concept, design and instrumentation of five-armed Mantra, the robotic surgery system, and the dire need to make such products available at lower costs.

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Sudhir Prem Srivastava could have been a story of living up an American dream. But deep within, the cardiac surgeon longed for a different desire. When fatigue sets in and most see the best of their lives in the rear view, the 75-year-old is on a disruptive drive. SS Innovations (SSI), his company, is slowly wrestling the dominance of deeply entrenched global players that make high-precision robotic surgery systems. It could have been an endless

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