−Removed: Item 1 Business.
−Removed: We are a medical robotics company developing a
−Removed: fully autonomous medical robotic system using proprietary software which integrates Artificial Intelligence (“ AI ”)
−Removed: and Deep Learning, or machine learning, (“ DL ”).
−Removed: By using an AI and DL enhanced software program, we are creating an
−Removed: intelligent robotic system that we believe can “ robotize ” a wide range of medical procedures currently being performed
−Removed: by human hands.
−Removed: We are concentrating our research and development efforts to meet rising expectations of patients and practitioners alike
−Removed: for the precision, safety and speed offered by an AI enhanced robotics platform system that can be combined with proven medical devices,
−Removed: end-effectors and surgical instruments.
−Removed: We believe that progress in mechanical and software
−Removed: engineering has made possible lightweight and relatively inexpensive robotic devices for difficult procedures in various medical fields.
−Removed: Medical robots are already being successfully employed in several areas of surgery, including Urology (Prostate), Colo-Rectal, Gynecology,
−Removed: Thoracic, General Surgery, Orthopedics, and Neuro and Spine Surgery.
−Removed: Robots are also being used for Telemedicine and assistive robotic
−Removed: methods are addressing the delivery of healthcare in inaccessible locations, ranging from rural areas lacking specialist expertise to
−Removed: post-disaster scenarios, and battlefield areas.
−Removed: With the aging population dominating demographics in the U.S.
−Removed: across all spectrums of
−Removed: healthcare, robotic technologies are being developed toward promoting improved function, lower morbidity and improved overall outcomes.
−Removed: We are developing a treatment-independent autonomous
−Removed: robotics system utilizing our proprietary AI-driven precision guidance system, applicable to a variety of minimally and non-invasive procedures,
−Removed: with an initial focus on skin resurfacing aesthetic procedures utilizing several FDA approved skin enhancing techniques robotized for
−Removed: superior performance and optimal results.
−Removed: Our medical robotic system is being developed to deliver skin resurfacing treatments, such as
−Removed: micro-needling and laser therapies with improved efficiency, accuracy and precision over current procedures conducted by human hand, and
−Removed: only requiring the doctor to input or just confirm treatment parameters.
−Removed: As a result, use of our medical robotic system is expected to
−Removed: provide improved quality and safety as well as improve patient throughput and workflow.
−Removed: Our autonomous medical robotics system is being
−Removed: developed to be compatible with available FDA approved surgical tools and end-effectors, enabling us to initially penetrate a sizable
−Removed: and fast-growing aesthetics market, which includes micro-needling and laser solutions.
−Removed: Our robotics system will allow doctors, and anyone
−Removed: permitted to treat patients, defined at the State level, such as a licensed aesthetician, to treat damaged skin autonomously by delivering,
−Removed: for example, micro-needling to the skin.
−Removed: The micro-needling catalyzes the natural process of collagen remodeling, consisting of formation
−Removed: of new collagen, elastin, and vascularization in the papillary dermis, similar to the effect of laser treatments.
−Removed: We expect our robotic system to eliminate
−Removed: many of the common errors that occur during handheld procedures, such as over- or under- exposure of the needles or energy-based instruments
−Removed: that can have terrible cosmetic results and even injure the patient.
−Removed: In addition, our system is being designed to continuously adjust
−Removed: treatment parameters, such as penetration depth, time, and energy in order to individualize the outcome based on our algorithms.
−Removed: system has been designed and developed through a seamless collaboration of the surgeon, the engineer and the scientist.
−Removed: Since the medical
−Removed: robotic industry has progressed greatly in miniaturization, adaptability and lower costs, we believe that the Avra “ brains ”
−Removed: technology component can lead to dramatic opportunities in all of medicine.
−Removed: The advantages of robotizing already FDA approved
−Removed: aesthetic devices are many.
−Removed: In contrast to a human using a handheld device, our aesthetics robotic system has the potential to perform
−Removed: each and every procedure with unsurpassed precision without constraint of age, proficiency, experience or fatigue.
−Removed: Likewise, in many skin
−Removed: related treatments the amount of energy delivered, distance and/or depth of the instrument to, or into, the skin, and treating only the
−Removed: affected area are critical to the outcome.
−Removed: The robotic system can maintain these parameters with unparalleled accuracy.
−Removed: The system can
−Removed: also replicate the same procedure time and again precisely.
−Removed: Delivery of certain aesthetic treatments by robotic systems is believed to
−Removed: be the most efficient option, requiring fewer visits per patient while increasing patient throughput — a benefit for patients and
−Removed: practitioners alike.
−Removed: Advantages of using our medical robotic approach
−Removed: to procedures include:
−Removed: cost per treatment.
−Removed: treatment accuracy.
−Removed: treatment outcomes.
−Removed: patient throughput and revenue generation for the physician.
−Removed: multi-platform integration.
−Removed: shortfall of physicians/surgeons.
−Removed: future integration of medical and technological advancements such as molecular biologics.
−Removed: We believe that our initial medical robotic system
−Removed: for the aesthetics market should find rapid acceptance based on the aforementioned advantages of using the attribute of robotics versus
−Removed: traditional manual applications.
−Removed: Furthermore, there is general acceptance by consumers for fee-for-service cash payments in the facial
−Removed: aesthetics market thereby avoiding medical insurance reimbursement issues.
−Removed: Our medical robotic system utilizes a robotic arm that has
−Removed: 7-degrees of freedom integrated with our proprietary AI-driven control software and algorithms.
−Removed: The robotic arm was designed and built
−Removed: under the required medical device standards of the U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”).
−Removed: Our strategy is to
−Removed: integrate the robotic arm with FDA approved devices, which is expected to allow for a more expedited approval of the integrated system.
−Removed: We believe that the FDA approval process will primarily focus upon validation of the medical robotic system’s software control.
−Removed: This could lead to a less onerous, more de-risked regulatory path to approval, particularly if strong preclinical results are achieved.
−Removed: Subsequent to the completion of the FDA preclinical work, estimated to take six months, we believe that we will be able to additionally
−Removed: modify and robotize certain non-invasive instruments that do not require FDA approvals and proceed to the cosmetic treatments marketplace.
−Removed: This action could sharply reduce the time to commercial operations and revenues.
−Removed: We previously retained the services of The Horizon
−Removed: Phoenix Group (“ HPG ”), a consulting firm experienced in securing U.S.
−Removed: and foreign regulatory approvals for medical
−Removed: devices, in order to initiate the regulatory process.
−Removed: Working with HPG, we prepared and filed an application with the FDA for our initial
−Removed: medical robotic system and in August 2019 held an initial pre-collaboration meeting with the FDA.
−Removed: We believe that this is the first of
−Removed: a series of meetings where the Avra system and its regulatory requirements will be discussed in ever-increasing specificity.
−Removed: allow for a more focused regulatory process, saving both resources and time.
−Removed: The robotic arm that we intend to utilize for our system
−Removed: has already been granted approval in the EU and received a CE mark.
−Removed: We have begun implementing a quality and regulatory system that will
−Removed: serve as the foundation for U.S., Canadian, European, Australian, Japanese, and Brazilian market access for our medical robotic system.
−Removed: The Medical Device Single Audit Program(“ MDSAP ”), which we plan to employ, is a single inspection that, when completed,
−Removed: is expected to support market access to these six most important medical device marketplaces.
−Removed: Since 2016, we had a research partnership with
−Removed: the University of Central Florida (“ UCF ”) to develop a prototype intelligent medical robotic system.
−Removed: UCF is recognized
−Removed: particularly for its work in the area of medical robotic research and design, with a focus on the guidance systems.
−Removed: Avra has paid UCF
−Removed: a one-time fee for outright ownership of work developed by UCF in the collaboration.
−Removed: The Research Agreement was extended several times
−Removed: and expired on April 30, 2021.
−Removed: To further the depth of our research and development we also began a partnership in 2021 with Florida Polytechnic
−Removed: University and are actively working with them on developing our system.
−Removed: Avra recently brought in two Associate Professors and three graduates
−Removed: to join Avra’s engineering development team.
−Removed: Effective October 11th, 2021 Avra executed a Sponsored Student Project Agreement which
−Removed: includes two payments of $8,030 each covering Fall semester in 2021 and Spring semester in 2022.
−Removed: Recent Developments
−Removed: On November 7, 2022, AVRA entered into a definitive
−Removed: Merger Agreement (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among AVRA, AVRA-SSI Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation
−Removed: and wholly-owned subsidiary of AVRA (“ Merger Sub ”), CardioVentures, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ SSI -
−Removed: Sudhir Srivastava (“ Dr.
−Removed: Srivastava ”), who, through his holding company, owns a controlling interest
−Removed: SSI-DE, through a subsidiary, owns a controlling
−Removed: interest in Sudhir Srivastava Innovations Pvt.
−Removed: Ltd., an Indian private limited company (“ SSI - India ”).
−Removed: Based in Haryana,
−Removed: India, SSI-India is engaged in the development, commercialization, manufacturing and sale of medical and surgical robotic systems utilizing
−Removed: patents, trademarks and other intellectual property held by Dr.
−Removed: Srivastava (the “SSI Intellectual Property”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub
−Removed: will merge with and into SSI – DE (the “ Merger ”).
−Removed: In the Merger, holders of the outstanding shares of common
−Removed: stock of SSI – DE at closing (including certain parties providing Interim Financing as described below), will receive in exchange
−Removed: for their SSI – DE shares, such number of shares of AVRA common stock as will result in such holders owning 95% of the outstanding
−Removed: post-Merger shares of AVRA common stock, with the current shareholders of AVRA owning 5% of the outstanding post-Merger shares of AVRA
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: In addition to the foregoing, upon completion
−Removed: of the Merger, the holders of SSI – DE common stock will receive, pro rata, shares of newly designated Series A Non-Convertible
−Removed: Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Shares ”).
−Removed: The Series A Preferred Shares will vote together
−Removed: with Shares of our common stock as a single class on all matters presented to a vote of stockholders, except as required by law and entitle
−Removed: the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares to exercise 51.0% of the total voting power of the Company.
−Removed: The Series A Preferred Shares
−Removed: are not convertible into common stock, do not have any dividend rights and have a nominal liquidation preference.
+Added: Company Background
+Added: We design, develop, manufacture and market surgical
+Added: robotic systems including the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System and its associated instruments and accessories.
+Added: Our vision is to create
+Added: new, technologically advanced systems that will surpass existing surgical robotic systems to provide cost effective surgical solutions
+Added: to benefit greater numbers of patients around the world.
+Added: Robotic surgical procedures have achieved acceptance
+Added: globally over the past two decades because they generally offer a faster recovery period, result in less post-operative pain and discomfort,
+Added: provide for greater precision, reduce the risk of infection, result in minimal blood loss and permit the use of smaller incisions.
+Added: the global market penetration for surgical robotic systems has in large part been limited to developed countries due to the high costs
+Added: and steep learning curve for the existing systems.
+Added: The SSi Mantra was specifically developed from the ground up to address these issues
+Added: by providing an advanced, affordable and accessible surgical robotic system.
+Added: We commenced development of the SSi Mantra
+Added: in 2014, received regulatory approval for its sale and use in India and commercially launched sales in August 2022.
+Added: The SSi Mantra
+Added: has been clinically validated for safety, efficacy and effectiveness for its intended use to perform robotically assisted surgeries
+Added: in more than fifty different types of surgical procedures in India without any device related adverse events.
+Added: As of December 31,
+Added: 2023, we have installed 23 systems, of which twenty-one are located in India, one in Dubai and one at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in
+Added: Baltimore, Maryland for clinical training and ongoing research and development.
+Added: The SSi Mantra system installed in the Minimally
+Added: Invasive Lab at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland is being used for training and research purposes only and not for use
+Added: in any clinical procedures on human patients and therefore did not require any regulatory approvals.
+Added: Following approval by the
+Added: Indian regulatory body (CDSCO), the systems commercially installed in India have been used to perform more than seven-hundred
+Added: surgical procedures, including cardiovascular, thoracic, head and neck, gynecological, urological, cancer and general surgeries.
+Added: SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System has additionally been granted regulatory approval in Guatemala.
+Added: However, as of the date of this
+Added: report, no systems have been installed in Guatemala.
+Added: We have initiated the process to obtain regulatory approvals in the United
+Added: States from the Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”) and in the European Union.
+Added: We have filed a
+Added: pre-submission application with the FDA requesting feedback on the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System.
+Added: We received an
+Added: acknowledgement of this pre-submission filing (#Q240119) from the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) on January 17,
+Added: 2024, and we have a feedback meeting scheduled with the FDA on April 2, 2024.
+Added: We have also been in discussions with an EU Notified
+Added: body for the CE certification.
+Added: There can be no assurance as to when we will secure such regulatory approvals, if at all.
+Added: 13485 (quality management system) approval, CDSCO approval for the manufacture, sale and distribution of our products and our Indian export license allow us to market our products in fifty non-FDA and non-EU countries without further regulatory approvals.
+Added: additional seventy-nine countries require only minimal registration.
+Added: Corporate Information
+Added: The Company was incorporated in the state of Florida
+Added: on February 4, 2015, under the name “ Avra Surgical Microsystems, Inc., ” and changed its name to “ Avra Medical
+Added: Robotics, Inc.
+Added: ” on November 5, 2015.
+Added: From inception through April 13, 2023, we were
+Added: engaged in developing a fully autonomous medical robotic system using proprietary software which integrated Artificial Intelligence and
+Added: Deep Learning, or Machine Learning.
+Added: Our research and development efforts were based in Orlando, Florida, where we established a research
+Added: partnership with the University of Central Florida.
+Added: On April 14, 2023, we consummated the acquisition
+Added: of CardioVentures, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ CardioVentures ”), pursuant to a Merger Agreement dated November 7,
+Added: 2022 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among the Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“ Merger
+Added: Sub ”), CardioVentures and Dr.
+Added: Sudhir Srivastava, who, through his holding company, owned a controlling interest in CardioVentures.
+Added: CardioVentures, through a subsidiary, owned a
+Added: controlling interest in Sudhir Srivastava Innovations Pvt.
+Added: Ltd., an Indian private limited company, which developed and manufactures and
+Added: markets the SSi Mantra, which is designed to provide an advanced, yet cost-effective surgical robotic system which make the benefits of
+Added: robotic surgery available to a larger part of the global population.
+Added: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at Closing,
+Added: Merger Sub merged with and into CardioVentures (the “ CardioVentures Merger ”).
+Added: In the CardioVentures Merger, holders
+Added: of the outstanding shares of common stock of CardioVentures (including certain parties who provided interim convertible financing during
+Added: the pendency of the Merger Agreement, were issued 135,808,884 shares of SSi common stock, representing approximately 95% of issued and
+Added: outstanding shares of SSi common stock post-merger, with the existing shareholders of SSi holding approximately 6,544,344 shares of SSi
+Added: common stock representing approximately 5% of issued and outstanding shares of SSi common stock post-merger.
+Added: In addition, the holder of CardioVentures common
+Added: stock also received shares of newly designated Series A Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Shares ”),
+Added: which affords the holder 51% of the total voting power of the Company.
+Added: As a result of the foregoing, a “ Change in Control ”
+Added: of the Company occurred, with Dr.
+Added: Sudhir Srivastava becoming the Company’s principal and controlling stockholder.
The Series A Preferred
−Removed: Shares also have certain protective provisions, such as requiring the vote of a majority of Series A Preferred Shares to change or amend
−Removed: their rights, powers, privileges, limitations and restrictions.
−Removed: The Series A Preferred Shares are automatically redeemable by the Company
−Removed: for nominal consideration at such time as the holder owns less than 50% of the shares of AVRA common stock received in the Merger.
−Removed: Concurrent with consummation of the Merger, Dr.
−Removed: Srivastava will assign the SSI Intellectual Property being utilized by SSI – India in the development, manufacture and sale of its
−Removed: robotic surgical system to a subsidiary of AVRA.
−Removed: In exchange for such assignment, Dr.
−Removed: Srivastava will receive a royalty of three percent
−Removed: (3%) of net revenues (gross revenues less cost of goods sold) generated from the sale or license of products using the SSI Intellectual
−Removed: In addition, at closing, the current directors
−Removed: and executive officers will resign, other than Barry Cohen, who will continue as a director and in a new executive capacity, and the designees
−Removed: of the SSI – DE stockholders will be appointed to AVRA’s board of directors and management.
−Removed: Post – Merger, AVRA intends
−Removed: to focus a significant part of its efforts on expanding and further developing the business of SSI-India, which will be an indirect majority-owned
−Removed: subsidiary of AVRA.
−Removed: In addition to customary closing conditions, consummation
−Removed: of the Merger is subject to the following conditions to be satisfied or waived by SSI – DE and Dr.
−Removed: Srivastava at or prior to consummation
−Removed: of the Merger:
−Removed: ● AVRA shall have changed its corporate name to “SS Innovations,
−Removed: ● AVRA shall have implemented a one for ten reverse stock split;
−Removed: ● AVRA shall have increased its authorized common stock to
−Removed: 250,000,000 shares.
−Removed: The Merger Agreement, the Merger and the above
−Removed: corporate actions have been approved by AVRA’s board of directors and majority stockholders.
−Removed: They are subject to the final processing
−Removed: of an Issuer Company – Related Action Notification Form, which we have filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and
−Removed: the filing of appropriate amendments to our Articles of Incorporation with the Florida Secretary of State.
−Removed: Interim Financing
−Removed: As contemplated by the Merger Agreement, pending
−Removed: consummation of the Merger, we have provided SSI – DE and its affiliates, a total of $5,000,000 in interim financing as of the date
−Removed: of this Report (the “ Interim Financing ”).
−Removed: The Interim Financing is evidenced by one-year promissory Notes made in favor
−Removed: of the Company by SSI-DE and its affiliates, including Dr.
−Removed: Srivastava, jointly and severally (the “ SSI Notes ”).
−Removed: on the SSI Notes accrues at the rate of 7% per annum, payable together with the principal amount at maturity.
−Removed: The SSI Notes have an original
−Removed: issue discount of 10% for the first $2,000,000 and 6% for the balance.
−Removed: If the SSI Notes are not repaid in full on or at maturity, they
−Removed: will automatically convert into a percentage equity interest in SSI-DE determined by dividing the principal amount of accrued interest
−Removed: on the SSI Notes divided by $100 million.
−Removed: The SSI Notes contain customary default provisions and other typical terms and conditions.
−Removed: Prior to consummation of the Merger, we may make
−Removed: additional advances to SSI – DE and its affiliates, evidenced by additional SSI Notes.
−Removed: These SSI Notes will be substantially similar
−Removed: in form and substance to the initial SSI Notes, provided, however, that SSI Notes issued in excess of an aggregate principal amount of
−Removed: $2,000,000, will have an original issue discount of 6% as opposed to 10%, and the valuation for determining conversion may be $250 million
−Removed: as opposed to $100 million.
−Removed: In order to fund the Interim Financing, the Company
−Removed: offered and sold to two accredited investors, a total of $3,000,000 and $2,000,000 in principal amount of one-year convertible promissory
−Removed: notes (the “ Convertible Notes ”), respectively.
−Removed: The Convertible Notes will have the same interest rate and payment terms
−Removed: as the SSI Notes and otherwise be substantially similar to the SSI Notes, provided, however, that the Convertible Notes do not have an
−Removed: original issue discount.
−Removed: Further, upon consummation of the Merger (if and when it is consummated) the Convertible Notes will automatically
−Removed: convert into a number of shares of AVRA common stock determined by dividing the principal amount of the Convertible Notes by $100 million
−Removed: and multiplying such number expressed as a percentage by the number of AVRA shares of common stock issued to the stockholders of SSI-DE
−Removed: upon consummation of the Merger.
−Removed: The Convertible Notes were issued in private transactions
−Removed: pursuant to the exemptions from registration under Section 4(a)2 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations
−Removed: promulgated thereunder.
−Removed: Pending the Merger, each of AVRA and SSI–DE
−Removed: and its affiliates may seek to secure additional equity or debt financing, including, without limitation, further Interim Financing.
−Removed: As of the date of this report the Company has two full-time and three
−Removed: part-time employees, including certain executive officers.
−Removed: We also rely on independent third-party consultants to perform additional services
+Added: Shares are automatically redeemed by the Company for nominal consideration at such time as the holder owns less than 50% of the shares
+Added: issued to it in connection with the CardioVentures Merger.
+Added: Contemporaneously with the Closing on April 14,
+Added: 2023, the Company changed its name to “ SS Innovations International, Inc., ” effected a one-for-ten reverse stock split
+Added: and increased its authorized common stock to 250,000,000 shares.
+Added: In connection with the consummation of the CardioVentures
+Added: Sudhir Srivastava, through his holding company, assigned all patents, trademarks and other intellectual property used in the
+Added: development, commercialization, manufacturing and sale of its medical and surgical robotic systems and products to one or more wholly
+Added: owned subsidiaries of SSi.
+Added: Our principal executive offices are located at
+Added: 404-405, 3 rd Floor, iLabs Info Technology Centre, Udyog Vihar, Phase III, Gurugram, Haryana 122016, India.
+Added: Our telephone number
+Added: is +91 73375 53469.
+Added: Our corporate website is https://ssinnovations.com.
+Added: Information appearing on our corporate website is not part of
+Added: this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference herein.
+Added: We have included our website address as an inactive textual reference only.
+Added: The SSi Mantra
+Added: The SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System is designed
+Added: to enable surgeons to perform a wide range of surgical procedures including cardiovascular, thoracic, head and neck, gynecological, urological,
+Added: cancer and general surgeries.
+Added: The SSi Mantra has been clinically validated for safety, efficacy and effectiveness for its intended use
+Added: to perform robotically assisted surgeries in more than fifty different types of surgical procedures in India without any device related
+Added: adverse events.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, surgeons have performed approximately 800 surgical procedures in India in a wide
+Added: array of fields using the SSi Mantra, including many complex surgeries.
+Added: The SSi Mantra offers the entire operating room staff three-dimensional,
+Added: high definition (“ 3DHD ”) vision, and gives the surgeon a magnified view up to ten times magnification.
+Added: Our system uses
+Added: specialized instrumentation, including a miniaturized surgical camera (endoscope) and wristed instruments (for example, scissors, scalpels
+Added: and forceps) that are designed to help with precise dissection and reconstruction of anatomical structures within the body.
+Added: The SSi Mantra is comprised of the following components:
+Added: Surgeon Console .
+Added: The SSi Mantra allows
+Added: surgeons to operate while comfortably seated at an ergonomic open-faced console.
+Added: Surgeons use a special pair of passive 3D glasses to
+Added: view a 3DHD image of the surgical field on a 32-inch 3D 4K resolution monitor with up to ten (10) times magnification, resulting in significantly
+Added: enhanced vision for the surgeon.
+Added: The surgeon also has a second large 23-inch 2D touch monitor for system controls and DICOM applications.
+Added: The surgeon’s fingers grasp extremely precise ergonomic hand controls, with the surgeon’s hands naturally positioned relative
+Added: to his or her eyes, thereby minimizing strain during the surgeon’s movements.
+Added: Using electronic hardware, software, algorithms and
+Added: mechanics, our technology translates the surgeon’s hand movements into precise and corresponding real-time movements of the SSi
+Added: Mantra instruments positioned inside the patient.
+Added: When using the SSi Mantra, the surgeon is able to sit in an ergonomic position and can
+Added: see both the specific positioning of his or her hands and feet, thereby reducing the learning curve and maintaining comfortable ergonomics
+Added: during the surgical procedure.
+Added: In addition, the SSi Mantra’s robotic arms hold the camera and instruments steady, offering greater
+Added: stability for surgeons and operating room staff.
+Added: Patient-Side Robotic Arm Carts .
+Added: arm carts are modular in design with robotic arms mounted on individual carts, each with a maximum height of 7.2 feet.
+Added: The modular design
+Added: offers the flexibility of cart and robotic arm positioning to provide better placement in relation to the procedure and avoid collisions.
+Added: Further, there is the option of using three, four or five robotic arm configurations based on the users’ preference and specific
+Added: surgical procedures.
+Added: Each robotic arm cart includes stability via parking locks, freedom of patient docking and advanced touch-screen
+Added: Each robotic arm cart has a built-in auto-leveling feature which allows each individual arm cart to be perfectly horizontally
+Added: level with respect to uneven floor surfaces that may be present in an operating room.
+Added: The vision cart provides
+Added: an additional 32-inch 3D 4K resolution monitor, identical to the surgeon’s console, for the operating room staff.
+Added: While wearing
+Added: the 3D glasses, the entire operating team can view what the surgeon sees with the same depth perception.
+Added: This ability also helps in reducing
+Added: the entire team’s learning curve and translates into a safer and more efficient exchange of instruments and introduction of supplies
+Added: required in surgery.
+Added: The vision cart also houses the control system for the articulating endoscope and camera and pre-operative guidance
+Added: It has uninterruptible power supply battery backup, universal safety features and incorporates an Omni 3DHD multimedia recording
+Added: and streaming platform.
+Added: Tele-Proctoring/Tele-Mentoring Capabilities .
+Added: The SSi Mantra
+Added: has a built-in live streaming platform, which provides for remote proctoring, thereby resulting in efficient and cost-effective teaching
+Added: and training capabilities.
+Added: Instruments and Accessories
+Added: We offer a comprehensive suite of stapling, energy
+Added: and core instrumentation for our surgical systems, under the brand name of SSi Mudra.
+Added: Mudra Technology .
+Added: The technology employed
+Added: in our instruments is designed to transform the surgeon’s natural hand movements outside of the body into corresponding controlled
+Added: movements inside the patient’s body, just as would be available to the surgeon in open surgery.
+Added: With our technology, a surgeon
+Added: can also use “motion scaling,” a feature that translates, for example, a three-centimeter hand movement outside the patient’s
+Added: body into a one-centimeter instrument movement in the surgical field inside the patient’s body.
+Added: Motion scaling is designed to allow
+Added: precision and control for delicate tasks.
+Added: In addition, the advanced software technology of the robotic system filters and eliminates
+Added: any tremors that may be present in a surgeon’s hands.
+Added: Mudra Instruments .
+Added: Most of the more than
+Added: 30 instruments that we manufacture incorporate Mudra technology with wristed joints for natural dexterity and tips customized for
+Added: various surgical procedures.
+Added: Mudra instruments are offered in an 8mm diameter.
+Added: Various Mudra instrument tips include forceps, scissors,
+Added: electrocautery tools, scalpels and other surgical tools that are familiar to the surgeon from open surgery and conventional minimally
+Added: invasive surgery (“ MIS ”).
+Added: We have also developed and made available a variety of cardiac surgery specific instruments.
+Added: A variety of instruments may be selected and used interchangeably during surgery.
+Added: All instruments are sterilizable at the hospital, and
+Added: all are reusable for a defined number of procedures.
+Added: A programmed memory chip inside each instrument performs several functions that help
+Added: determine how the SSi Mantra and instruments work together.
+Added: In addition, the chip generally will not allow the instrument to be used for
+Added: more than the prescribed number of procedures to help ensure that its performance meets specifications during each procedure.
+Added: Accessory Products .
+Added: We sell various accessory
+Added: products, which are used in conjunction with the SSi Mantra as surgical procedures are performed.
+Added: Accessory products include sterile drapes
+Added: used to help ensure a sterile field during surgery, vision products—such as replacement 3D stereo endoscopes, cannulas for the instruments
+Added: and camera and special seals to prevent leakage of carbon dioxide gas used during a procedure.
+Added: Instruments under Development
+Added: We also have a number of additional sophisticated
+Added: instruments currently under development.
+Added: These include:
+Added: NADI – Automated Coronary Anastomotic
+Added: This instrument is a micro stapling device intended to join two arteries together in cardiac bypass procedures.
+Added: to offer the instrument in both robotic surgery and manual versions.
+Added: The manual version is for use by cardiac surgeons who do not have
+Added: a robotic system and can be utilized in an open or minimally invasive procedure.
+Added: SSi Multi-Fire Clip Applier .
+Added: The SSi Multi-Fire
+Added: Clip Applier is a cartridge-based clip applicator being developed to be utilized for the hemostasis of blood vessels.
+Added: Use of such a device
+Added: is a requirement during many surgical procedures.
+Added: Currently, the clip applicators traditionally used in surgical procedures require withdrawal
+Added: of the instrument after each clip is placed resulting in a time-consuming process.
+Added: By providing a cartridge with multiple clips we believe
+Added: the SSi Multi-Fire Clip Applier will allow for greater efficiency and time savings during surgical procedures.
+Added: SSi Ultrasonic Surgical Device .
+Added: scalpel is a surgical instrument being designed to simultaneously cut and cauterize tissue.
+Added: Ultrasonic energy is used in the harmonic
+Added: scalpel where ultrasonic energy is converted to mechanical energy at the active blade.
+Added: SSi Maya - XR Pre-Operative Simulator .
+Added: SSi Maya is a Mixed Reality (XR) software application being crafted to transform the educational paradigm for surgeons and surgical assistants.
+Added: SSi Maya is specifically being designed to train and educate users on the intricacies of the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System.
+Added: to offer immersive and innovative pre-operative training.
+Added: SSi Holographic Anatomy .
+Added: This product is an advanced augmented reality tool being developed for the purpose of visualizing anatomies, providing comprehensive patient
+Added: education, and offering guidance for surgical procedures.
+Added: This application will potentially present patients with three-dimensional DICOM
+Added: data, enabling them to better understand and engage with their own health information.
+Added: SSi Yog - Tele Proctor .
+Added: SSi Yog introduces a pioneering solution for tele-proctoring.
+Added: It is designed for remote surgical proctoring.
+Added: This software seamlessly
+Added: integrates mixed reality with the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System, offering healthcare professionals and surgeons unprecedented access
+Added: to real-time guidance over long distances.
+Added: Notably, the application is platform-agnostic and caters to both open, laparoscopic and robotic
+Added: surgeries making it versatile enough to address diverse surgical scenarios.
+Added: SSi Chitrasa - Advanced DICOM Viewer .
+Added: Chitrasa is being designed to empower robotic surgeons with unparalleled DICOM visualization capabilities.
+Added: It includes a state-of-the-art
+Added: AI enabled application viewer which is seamlessly integrated with the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System to provide surgeons with comprehensive
+Added: tools to enhance their surgical confidence and precision in the operating room.
+Added: SSi Mixed Reality Headset -
+Added: The SSi Mixed Reality headset is a medical-grade device that we hope will revolutionize intraoperative experiences by seamlessly interfacing
+Added: with the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System.
+Added: This device is being designed to offer surgeons an immersive 3D endoscopic feed visualization,
+Added: while interactable augmented objects provide real-time patient vitals and data for enhanced surgical precision.
+Added: The potentially seamless
+Added: collaboration between these technologies creates a comprehensive surgical platform, setting a new standard for intraoperative medical
+Added: advancements and pushing the boundaries of surgical excellence.
+Added: Some salient features include:
+Added: resolution 3DHD vision
+Added: image projection which allows for one meter depth perception
+Added: separate left and right eye video signals projected through an optical engine onto an opaque micro-LED screen
+Added: reconstruction of the 3D image by the human brain
+Added: We have a network of field service engineers in
+Added: India and maintain relationships with various distributors around the globe.
+Added: This infrastructure of service and support specialists offers
+Added: a full complement of services for our customers, including installation, repair, maintenance, 24/7 technical support and proactive system
+Added: health monitoring.
+Added: Our comprehensive support and program assistance
+Added: helps ensure customers and care teams maximize program performance and protect their investment.
+Added: Readiness and Maintenance Support .
+Added: support is operational support to ensure smooth onboarding and adoption of new systems and technology.
+Added: Maintenance support helps to maximize
+Added: operational efficiency and reduce unplanned equipment downtime.
+Added: It includes services care plans, support teams, monitoring, software upgrades
+Added: and updates, as well as a customer portal.
+Added: The service plan portfolio offers flexible service plans to ensure reliability of the systems
+Added: and instruments and help optimize the robotics program.
+Added: The support team of expert field service, remote technical support and customer
+Added: care agents resolve and prevent any technology issues that could inhibit optimal utilization.
+Added: Software upgrades and updates enable the
+Added: latest product innovations, enhancements and reliability improvements.
+Added: Our initial strategy is to focus on underserved
+Added: markets, such as India, where market penetration for surgical robotic systems has in large part been limited because of the high costs
+Added: of and steep learning curve for existing systems.
+Added: After validating the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System in these markets, which we believe
+Added: we are currently accomplishing, we intend to leverage its advanced technology, significantly lower cost (approximately one third of the
+Added: cost of existing systems) and ease of training to move into other markets, such as the United States and Europe.
+Added: Key elements of this
+Added: strategy include:
+Added: Focus on underserved markets .
+Added: our operations are based and where we have commercially launched the SSi Mantra, has a population of approximately 1.4 billion people
+Added: and 70,000 hospitals.
+Added: However, only about 0.1% of global robotic surgical procedures.
+Added: As a comparison, there are only approximately 6,120
+Added: hospitals in the U.S.
+Added: By offering our advanced, cost-effective SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System, we believe that we can significantly
+Added: penetrate the Indian market, as well as other underserved markets in Asia, Africa, Europe, Central and South America and elsewhere.
+Added: Focus on key institutions .
+Added: Our marketing
+Added: efforts are focused on large multi-specialty care hospitals where a majority of complex surgical procedures are performed.
+Added: Following the
+Added: initial placement at a given hospital, we intend to expand the number of physicians who use the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System and
+Added: work with the hospitals and their surgeons to promote patient education as to the benefits and cost effectiveness of our system.
+Added: that these efforts will not only result in both increased usage and additional sales of instruments and systems at hospitals that purchase
+Added: the system, but also increased demand from competing hospitals, surgeons and other physicians.
+Added: Focus on Leading Surgeons to Drive Rapid and
+Added: Broad Adoption .
+Added: We place significant emphasis on marketing the SSi Mantra to leading surgeons who are considered to be the “thought
+Added: leaders” in their institutions and fields.
+Added: In this regard, we have established both an Indian Medical Advisory Board and an International
+Added: Advisory Board consisting of leading surgeons in their respective fields.
+Added: We believe that the participation of these surgeons in our product
+Added: development and their use of the SSi Mantra will generate confidence in many other surgeons to utilize the system for all types of surgical
+Added: Continued Development and Marketing .
+Added: intend to continue developing and enhancing our technology and products and to communicate the benefits and advantages of the SSi Mantra
+Added: System (lower cost, ease of training and improved patient outcomes) in India and the other markets we plan to enter.
+Added: Evaluation, Familiarization and Training Agreements
+Added: with Major Medical Facilities .
+Added: We have and intend to continue entering into agreements with major medical facilities to install the
+Added: SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System for evaluation, familiarization and training purposes.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, we had
+Added: entered into such agreements with approximately four hospital networks in India and with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
+Added: Clinical Applications
+Added: The SSi Mantra has been clinically
+Added: validated for safety, efficacy and effectiveness for its intended use to perform robotically assisted surgeries in more than fifty different
+Added: types of surgical procedures in India without any device related adverse events.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, we have installed
+Added: 25 systems in India, which have been used to perform close to eight hundred surgical procedures, including cardiovascular, thoracic, head
+Added: and neck, gynecological, urological, cancer and general surgeries.
+Added: We maintain productive collaborations with leading surgeons to explore
+Added: and develop new techniques and applications for robotic-assisted surgery with the SSi Mantra.
+Added: We primarily focus our development efforts
+Added: on those procedures in which we believe our products bring the highest patient value, surgeon value and hospital value.
+Added: Representative
+Added: surgical applications are described below.
+Added: Cardiovascular Surgery
+Added: Internal Mammary Artery Dissection .
+Added: a coronary artery bypass graft procedure used in cardiac surgery, a blocked coronary artery is bypassed with a graft.
+Added: When available,
+Added: an artery from the chest called the internal mammary artery is dissected from its natural position and grafted into place to perform the
+Added: Because the internal mammary artery is located inferior to the anterior surface of the chest, dissection of the vessel is challenging
+Added: using existing surgical instruments through the three- to five-inch incision commonly used in a non-robotic coronary artery bypass graft
+Added: Our products have multiple joints that emulate the surgeon’s shoulders and elbows, allowing exact positioning of the
+Added: instruments inside the patient’s chest.
+Added: In addition, our Mudra instrument joints is designed to permit the surgeon to reach behind
+Added: the tissues for easier dissection of the internal mammary artery.
+Added: Thus, we believe that the internal mammary artery can be dissected with
+Added: greater ease and precision using the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System.
+Added: Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
+Added: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery demands that the surgeon delicately dissect and precisely suture very small structures,
+Added: which are less than two millimeters in diameter, under significant magnification.
+Added: These procedures are difficult when performed in open
+Added: They are even more difficult when performed using a limited incision approach and can be challenging to perform when the heart
+Added: As a result, this procedure is typically done as open surgery by stopping the heart and using a heart/lung bypass machine.
+Added: The technology employed by the SSi Mantra is designed to allow surgeons to perform scaled instrument movements that can be even more precise
+Added: than the movements used in open surgery, thus enabling precise suturing of single and multiple coronary vessels on a stopped or beating
+Added: Mitral and Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement .
+Added: Valve repair and replacement surgeries are challenging even when using open surgical techniques.
+Added: Significant exposure of the surgical
+Added: field is essential to the identification and precise manipulation of valves and other structures inside the heart and is key to successful
+Added: surgical outcomes with minimal complications.
+Added: Motion scaling allows a surgeon using the SSi Mantra to maneuver instruments inside the
+Added: patient even more precisely than is possible in open surgery.
+Added: The SSi Mantra has enabled heart valve repairs to be performed through small
+Added: ports in a manner that could not have been accomplished with open surgery.
+Added: Thoracic Surgery
+Added: Conventional approaches to surgical procedures
+Added: in the thorax include both open and video-assisted thoracoscopic approaches.
+Added: Procedures performed via these methods include pulmonary
+Added: wedge resection, pulmonary lobectomy, thymectomy, mediastinal mass excision and esophagectomy.
+Added: Head and Neck Surgery
+Added: Transoral Surgery .
+Added: Head and neck cancers
+Added: are typically treated by either surgical resection or chemo-radiation, or a combination of both.
+Added: Surgical resection performed by an open
+Added: approach may require a “jaw-splitting” mandibulotomy.
+Added: This procedure, while effective in treating cancer, is potentially traumatic
+Added: and disfiguring to the patient.
+Added: Less invasive approaches via the mouth (transoral surgery) are challenged by line-of-sight limitations
+Added: dictated by conventional endoscopic tools.
+Added: Chemo-radiation as a primary therapy does allow patients to avoid traumatic surgical incisions;
+Added: however, the literature suggests that this modality diminishes patients’ ability to speak and swallow normally.
+Added: Robotically assisted
+Added: transoral surgery allows them to operate on tumors occurring in the oropharynx (i.e., tonsil and base of tongue) and larynx via the mouth
+Added: and to overcome some of the line-of-sight limitations of conventional transoral surgery.
+Added: Gynecologic Surgery
+Added: Hysterectom y .
+Added: Removal of the uterus
+Added: is one of the most performed surgeries in gynecology and is performed for a variety of underlying benign and cancerous conditions.
+Added: Hysterectomies
+Added: can be performed using open surgery or minimally invasive techniques, which include vaginal, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted approaches.
+Added: We believe that robotic-assisted surgery with the SSi Mantra provides patients the opportunity to receive a minimally invasive treatment
+Added: as an alternative to an open hysterectomy.
+Added: Sacro colpopexy.
+Added: The abdominal (open) sacro
+Added: colpopexy is one of the operations performed to treat vaginal vault prolapse.
+Added: Sacro colpopexy involves suturing a synthetic mesh that
+Added: connects and supports the vagina to the sacrum (tailbone).
+Added: A sacro colpopexy can be performed using a conventional laparoscopic technique;
+Added: however, it is often difficult and cumbersome to perform.
+Added: Robotic assisted surgical capabilities enable a larger number of these procedures
+Added: to be performed through a minimally invasive technique, conferring the benefits of minimally invasive surgery to a broader range of sacro
+Added: colpopexy patients.
+Added: Urologic Surgery
+Added: Prostatectomy .
+Added: Radical prostatectomy is
+Added: the removal of the prostate gland and accompanying lymph nodes in patients diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer.
+Added: approach to the removal of the prostate was via an open surgical procedure.
+Added: The conventional laparoscopic approach is an option, but it
+Added: is difficult and poses challenges to even the most skilled urologist.
+Added: The SSi Mantra will enable a larger number of surgeons to convert
+Added: from using an open surgical technique to a minimally invasive robotic surgical technique.
+Added: Partial Nephrectomy .
+Added: Partial nephrectomy
+Added: is the removal of a small portion of a kidney (typically, an area of the kidney containing a tumor).
+Added: Partial nephrectomies are most commonly
+Added: performed in patients diagnosed with clinically localized renal cancer.
+Added: Excluding robotic-assisted surgery, there are three common surgical
+Added: approaches to performing partial nephrectomies:
+Added: open surgical technique, laparoscopy, and hand-assisted laparoscopy, which is a hybrid
+Added: of open surgery and laparoscopic techniques.
+Added: Robotic assisted surgical capabilities may enable a large number of these procedures to be
+Added: performed through a minimally invasive technique, conferring the benefits of minimally invasive surgery to a broader range of partial
+Added: nephrectomy patients.
+Added: Radical Nephrectomy .
+Added: A radical nephrectomy
+Added: is a surgery to remove the entire kidney, typically done to treat kidney cancers and occasionally or other reasons.
+Added: In some instances,
+Added: the adrenal gland and lymph nodes may be removed as well.
+Added: Robotic-assisted cystectomy
+Added: is a minimally invasive bladder surgery with the same cancer removal success as open surgery.
+Added: During a robotic cystectomy, robotically
+Added: trained urology surgeons remove the bladder and redirect the urinary tract using a surgical robot.
+Added: A robotic cystectomy is performed through
+Added: a series of small keyhole-sized incisions across the abdomen, which is less painful, heals faster, and produces significantly less surface
+Added: scarring than the larger incision associated with open surgery.
+Added: General Surgery
+Added: Hernia Repair .
+Added: A hernia occurs when an
+Added: organ or other tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue.
+Added: During a hernia repair surgery, the weakened
+Added: tissue is secured, and defects are repaired.
+Added: Common types of hernias are ventral and inguinal.
+Added: Ventral, or abdominal hernia, may occur
+Added: through a scar after surgery in the abdomen.
+Added: Inguinal hernia is a bulge in the groin and is more common in men.
+Added: Colorectal Surgery .
+Added: These procedures typically
+Added: involve benign or cancerous conditions of the lower digestive system, in particular the rectum or colon.
+Added: Common procedures in this area
+Added: include hemicolectomy, sigmoidoscopy, low anterior resection and abdominoperineal resection.
+Added: Cholecystectom y .
+Added: Cholecystectomy,
+Added: or the surgical removal of the gall bladder, is a commonly performed general surgery procedure.
+Added: Cholecystectomy is the primary method
+Added: for the treatment of gallstones and other gall bladder diseases.
+Added: Most cholecystectomies are performed using multi-port MIS techniques,
+Added: although some surgeons choose to perform cholecystectomies using manual single-port instrumentation.
+Added: The Global Robotic Surgery Market
+Added: The global surgical robotics market was
+Added: valued at $8.78 billion in 2023, and is projected to reach $37.5 billion by 2032, growing at a compound annual growth rate
+Added: (“ CAGR ”) of 17.5% from 2023 to 2032.
+Added: Surgical robots offer significant advantages in minimally invasive surgery
+Added: by enabling exceptionally precise manipulation of surgical instruments within constrained operation spaces, surpassing human
+Added: capabilities.
+Added: Robotic surgery is a procedure which involves a minimally invasive spectrum and represents an evolution in practice
+Added: across numerous medical disciplines.
+Added: Surgical robotics technology is used across various medical specialties, enabling surgeons to
+Added: perform complex procedures through small incisions, resulting in reduced patient trauma, shorter recovery times, and enhanced
+Added: patient outcomes .
+Added: Surgeries conducted utilizing robotic systems are expected to grow by approximately 400%, from 1.6 million
+Added: surgeries in 2020 to 6.2 million surgeries by 2030.
+Added: Market Dynamics
+Added: Increase in demand and acceptance of laparoscopic
+Added: or minimally invasive surgery (“ MIS ”) due to the benefits to patients and surgeons, such as better screening, greater
+Added: precision, shorter hospitalization, reduced pain and discomfort has fueled the growth in the global surgical robotics market.
+Added: the surge in the number of gynecological, neurological and urological diseases is a primary factor driving the surgical robotics market
+Added: In addition, surgical robotics enable minimally
+Added: invasive procedures, which involve smaller incisions, reduced trauma to surrounding tissues, and quicker recovery times.
+Added: increasingly seeking procedures that result in less pain and shorter hospital stays, and surgical robots fulfill these demands and the
+Added: rise in adoption of minimally invasive procedures has fueled market growth.
+Added: Many surgical robotic systems incorporate advanced
+Added: visualization technologies, such as high-definition 3D imaging and augmented reality.
+Added: These technologies grant surgeons a clearer view
+Added: of the surgical site, enhancing their ability to visualize complex anatomical structures and perform intricate tasks.
+Added: The growth of the
+Added: surgical robotics market is expected to be driven by the availability of improved healthcare infrastructure, increase in unmet healthcare
+Added: needs, rise in prevalence of chronic diseases, and surge in demand for advanced surgical robotics products.
+Added: Furthermore, the increase in need for automation
+Added: in the healthcare industry and the shifting trend towards advanced robotic surgeries fuels market growth.
+Added: Moreover, untapped economies
+Added: such as Brazil, India, China and other developing economies create a lucrative surgical robotics market opportunity.
+Added: The demand for surgical robotics is not only limited
+Added: to developed countries such as the U.S.
+Added: but is also being witnessed in the developing countries, such as China, and India, which fuel
+Added: the growth of the market.
+Added: Factors such as the rise in the number of surgeries drive the adoption of robotic technologies across different
+Added: specialties, contributing to the robust growth of the surgical robotics market.
+Added: For instance, according to the National Center for Biotechnology
+Added: and Information (NCBI), in 2022, around 1,918,030 new cancer cases are projected to occur in the United States.
+Added: In light of this projection,
+Added: the number of cancer surgeries performed by the subspecialty of robotic oncology surgeons is also expected to increase drastically as
+Added: Furthermore, as the global population ages, we
+Added: expect that there will be a greater need for surgical interventions to address age-related health conditions which boosts market growth.
+Added: Surgical robots assist surgeons in handling the complexities of these procedures, allowing for safer and more effective outcomes in elderly
+Added: Moreover, initially limited to specific procedures, robotic technologies are now being adapted for a broader spectrum of surgeries
+Added: across various medical fields, including cardiac, neurology, urology, gynecology, and more.
+Added: This versatility attracts hospitals and clinics
+Added: aiming to offer comprehensive robotic surgical services which is expected to drive the market growth.
+Added: High initial costs associated with acquiring
+Added: and implementing robotic systems, including infrastructure and training, pose a financial challenge for many healthcare facilities which
+Added: may impede market growth.
+Added: Regulatory complexities and concerns regarding patient safety, as well as the need for rigorous clinical validation
+Added: of robotic procedures, slow down the adoption process.
+Added: In addition, the intricate nature of surgical robotics necessitates specialized
+Added: training for surgeons, potentially leading to a shortage of skilled professionals.
+Added: These factors collectively hinder the rapid expansion
+Added: of the surgical robotics market.
+Added: Segmental Overview
+Added: The surgical robotics industry is segmented into
+Added: components, surgery type, and region.
+Added: By component, the market is categorized into systems, accessories, and services.
+Added: On the basis of
+Added: surgery type, the market is segregated into gynecology surgery, urology surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, general surgery, and
+Added: other surgeries.
+Added: Region wise, the market is analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa
+Added: With a consistently expanding installed base of
+Added: surgical robotic systems globally and increasing utilization thereof, the accessories and services segment dominated the global surgical
+Added: robotics market in 2022 and is expected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period, due to a further rise in the number of surgical
+Added: robotics procedures performed with precision, accuracy, and improved patient outcomes, coupled with the increased adoption of surgical
+Added: robotics technology.
+Added: However, the systems segment is expected to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period, owing to a rise
+Added: in technological advancements and an increase in demand for advanced robotic surgical systems.
+Added: By Surgery Type
+Added: The general surgery segment dominated the global
+Added: surgical robotics market share in 2022 and is anticipated to continue this trend during the forecast period.
+Added: This is attributed to versatility
+Added: and effectiveness of surgical robotics in a wide range of general surgery procedures, increase in patient demand for minimally invasive
+Added: surgeries, and ongoing advancements in technology.
+Added: The surgical robotics market size is analyzed
+Added: across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA.
+Added: North America accounted for a major share of the surgical robotics industry in
+Added: 2022 in terms of number of surgical robotic systems installed and is expected to maintain its dominance during the forecast period.
+Added: addition, the presence of well-established healthcare infrastructure, high purchasing power, and rise in adoption rate of advanced surgical
+Added: robotics products are expected to drive the market growth.
+Added: Furthermore, product launch, collaborations, and acquisitions adopted by the
+Added: key players in this region boost the growth of the market.
+Added: Asia-Pacific is expected to grow at the highest
+Added: rate during the surgical robotics market forecast period.
+Added: The market growth in this region is attributable to the growing industrial infrastructure,
+Added: the rise in prevalence of chronic diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular conditions which has driven the need for sophisticated surgical
+Added: interventions, which surgical robotic systems can provide.
+Added: Moreover, the increase in awareness and acceptance of minimally invasive procedures
+Added: among patients in the Asia-Pacific region along with the benefits offered by surgical robotics further propels the market growth in this
+Added: Within the Asia-Pacific region, India, being the
+Added: fastest growing economy, rising incomes and significant unmet need for high-quality healthcare services is potentially a key driver for
+Added: the growth of surgical robotics in the country.
+Added: While India’s healthcare sector is poised to grow from $110 billion in 2016 to $610
+Added: billion in 2026, its healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP is expected to grow from 3% to 6% and the ratio of insured households
+Added: is expected to grow from 37% to 69% between 2023 and 2030.
+Added: Similarly, India’s ratio of out-of-pocket healthcare spending is also
+Added: expected to decline from 55% in 2023 to 36% in 2030, as the result of increased insurance penetration.
+Added: Historically, the lack of investment in healthcare
+Added: infrastructure in India, has led it to lag behind World Health Organization (WHO) standards in terms of the number of hospital beds and
+Added: physicians per 1,000 population.
+Added: In the last several years, with the increasing burden of lifestyle diseases and additional factors such
+Added: as increasing medical value travel, a systemic shift has occurred in India with a renewed focus on increasing healthcare spending.
+Added: trend is reflected in a 19.7% increase in hospital industry revenue from 2020 to 2023 and a 34.8% increase in hospital industry EBIDTA
+Added: during the same period.
+Added: Sales, Marketing and Customer Support
+Added: We provide our products through a direct sales
+Added: organization in India and, outside of India, through an expanding distributor network that, as of December 31, 2023, included distributors
+Added: in Guatemala, the United Arab Emirates and ten other countries.
+Added: We are further expanding our domestic Indian and
+Added: foreign distribution capabilities through the establishment of strategic partnerships.
+Added: In December 2023, we entered into a memorandum
+Added: of understanding with Surgical Lab, Ltd., a Cairo-based medical device distributor, to provide accessibility our SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic
+Added: System for the entire African continent.
+Added: In January 2024, we reached an agreement in principle for a strategic partnership with India’s
+Added: leading medical equipment supplier, Medikabazaar, to facilitate sales and distribution (including after sales support services) of the
+Added: SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System to hospitals and medical facilities across India.
+Added: Our direct sales organization is composed of a
+Added: capital sales team of six individuals, which is responsible for selling systems, and a clinical support team of twenty individuals, which
+Added: is responsible for supporting the systems used in procedures performed at our hospital accounts.
+Added: Our hospital accounts include both individual
+Added: hospitals and healthcare facilities as well as hospitals and healthcare facilities that are part of an integrated chain.
+Added: The initial system
+Added: sale into an account is a major capital equipment purchase by our customers and typically has a lengthy sales cycle that can be affected
+Added: by evaluation periods, macroeconomic factors, capital spending prioritization, the timing of budgeting cycles and competitive bidding
+Added: Capital sales activities include educating surgeons, physicians and other hospital staff across multiple specialties on the
+Added: benefits of robotic-assisted surgery with the SSi Mantra, total treatment costs and the clinical applications that our technology enables.
+Added: We also train our sales organization to educate hospital management on the potential benefits of adopting our system, including the clinical
+Added: benefits of robotic-assisted surgery with the SSi Mantra, such as improved patient outcomes.
+Added: Our clinical sales team works onsite at hospitals,
+Added: interacting with surgeons and physicians, operating room staff and hospital administrators to develop and sustain successful robotic-assisted
+Added: They assist the hospital in identifying surgeons or physicians who have an interest in robotic-assisted surgery and the potential
+Added: benefits provided by the SSi Mantra.
+Added: Our clinical sales team provides current clinical information on robotic-assisted surgery and new
+Added: product applications to the hospital teams.
+Added: We offer our SSi Mantra through three selling
+Added: models— outright purchase, purchase on a deferred or installment payment basis, and purchase on a pay per procedure basis.
+Added: Our customers place orders to replenish their
+Added: supplies of instruments and accessories on a regular basis.
+Added: New direct customers who purchase a system typically place an initial stocking
+Added: order of instruments and accessories soon after they receive their system.
+Added: To date, substantially all of our sales have been
+Added: in India, with one initial sale in the United Arab Emirates, where the SSi Mantra system is being utilized for surgical team training
+Added: prior to the commencement of clinical procedures.
+Added: Our strategic collaboration agreement with Medikabazaar,
+Added: will enable our sales, clinical and field service support teams to integrate into Medikabazaar’s existing network of approximately
+Added: 1,000 professionals and the distribution of our product portfolio will be facilitated through Medikabazaar’s more than 40 fulfilment
+Added: centers across India.
+Added: Training and Customer
+Added: We also provide training for surgeons, physicians
+Added: and staff on the operation and use of the SSi Mantra using a variety of training approaches.
+Added: These include didactic modules training,
+Added: hands on training, dry runs with the surgeons and their entire team, in-person proctored initial cases, on-site support for additional
+Added: cases and remote proctoring support for complex cases.
+Added: We have a network of field service and technical
+Added: support engineers in India and are establishing relationships with various distributors around the globe where we intend to market and
+Added: sell the SSi Mantra.
+Added: This infrastructure of service and support specialists, along with advanced service tools and solutions, offers a
+Added: full complement of services for our customers, including installation, repair, maintenance, 24/7 technical support and proactive system
+Added: health monitoring.
+Added: Research and Development
+Added: We focus our research and development efforts
+Added: on enhancing and improving our products and services with a view to fulfilling our vision that the benefits of advanced robotic surgery
+Added: should be cost-effective and available to everyone.
+Added: Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we believe that we can expand the potential
+Added: of physicians to heal without constraints due to both cost and accessibility of these technologies.
+Added: We employ engineering and research
+Added: and development staff to focus on delivering future innovations and sustaining improvements that advance our mission.
+Added: In certain instances,
+Added: we complement our research and development effort through collaborations with other companies or organizations such as our arrangement
+Added: with Johns Hopkins University.
+Added: Manufacturing
+Added: Our systems and instruments are manufactured by
+Added: our employees at our 51,100 square-foot facility in Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, India.
+Added: The manufacturing of our products is a complex operation
+Added: involving a number of separate processes and components.
+Added: We purchase both custom and off-the-shelf components
+Added: from a large number of suppliers and subject them to stringent quality specifications, inspections, and processes.
+Added: Some of the components
+Added: necessary for the assembly of our products are currently provided to us by sole-sourced suppliers (the only recognized supply source available
+Added: to us) or single-sourced suppliers (the only approved supply source for us among other sources).
+Added: We believe, however, that alternative
+Added: suppliers are available if it should become necessary, although no assurance can be given that we could secure such alternative sources
+Added: of supply, if required, on commercially reasonable terms or without undue operational disruption.
+Added: We purchase the majority of our components and
+Added: major assemblies through purchase orders rather than long-term supply agreements and generally do not maintain large volumes of finished
+Added: goods relative to our anticipated demand.
+Added: Subject to receipt of necessary financing, we
+Added: plan to expand our in-house manufacturing capacity in order to meet anticipated increases in demand and to reduce our reliance on third-party
+Added: We face competition in the forms of existing open
+Added: surgery, conventional MIS, drug therapies, radiation treatment and other emerging diagnostic and interventional surgical approaches.
+Added: success depends on continued clinical and technical innovation, quality and reliability, as well as educating hospitals, surgeons and
+Added: patients on the demonstrated results associated with robotic-assisted medical procedures using our SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System
+Added: and its efficacy and cost-effectiveness relative to other techniques.
+Added: We compete with a number of U.S.
+Added: and foreign companies
+Added: that have developed and currently manufacture and market products in the field of robotic-assisted medical procedures, including but not
+Added: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.;
+Added: Asensus Surgical, Inc.;
+Added: avateramedical GmbH;
+Added: CMR Surgical Ltd.;
+Added: Johnson & Johnson;
+Added: Medrobotics Corporation;
+Added: Medtronic plc;
+Added: meerecompany Inc.;
+Added: Olympus Corporation;
+Added: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd;
+Added: Shandong Weigao
+Added: Group Medical Polymer Company Ltd.;
+Added: Shanghai Microport Medbot (Group) Co., Ltd.;
+Added: and Titan Medical Inc.
+Added: Most, if not all of these companies
+Added: have longer operating histories and greater financial resources than SSi.
+Added: In addition, other companies with substantial experience in
+Added: industrial robotics could potentially expand into the field of medical robotics and become competitors.
+Added: Our failure to compete effectively with these
+Added: existing and potential competitors could adversely affect our results of operations, business and prospects.
+Added: Intellectual Property
+Added: We place considerable importance on obtaining
+Added: and maintaining patent, copyright, and trademark protection for our technologies, products and processes.
+Added: We generally rely upon a combination of intellectual
+Added: property laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary technology.
+Added: For example, we have patents
+Added: and trademarks, both registered and unregistered, that provide distinctive identification of our products in the marketplace.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, our intellectual
+Added: property portfolio consists of 33 granted utility patents and 63 pending utility patent applications as follows:
+Added: Earliest Expiration
+Added: Latest Expiration
+Added: Earliest Expiration
+Added: Latest Expiration
+Added: October 6, 2034
+Added: October 31, 2038
+Added: June 20, 2039
+Added: November 21, 2034
+Added: December 25, 2039
+Added: December 26, 2034
+Added: February 8, 2043
+Added: December 1, 2043
+Added: October 9, 2043
+Added: October 9, 2043
+Added: January 12, 2038
+Added: October 31, 2038
+Added: October 7, 2033
+Added: March 29, 2042
+Added: October 6, 2034
+Added: March 11, 2044
+Added: November 10, 2043
+Added: November 10, 2043
+Added: MANTRA & MAYA
+Added: June 10, 2042
+Added: June 10, 2042
+Added: July 27, 2043
+Added: July 27, 2043
+Added: November 22, 2033
+Added: June 10, 2042
+Added: October 10, 2042
+Added: January 12, 2038
+Added: October 31, 2038
+Added: June 20, 2039
+Added: January 12, 2038
+Added: October 31, 2038
+Added: October 31, 2038
+Added: October 6, 2034
+Added: June 20, 2039
+Added: February 8, 2043
+Added: December 1, 2043
+Added: November 21, 2034
+Added: November 21, 2034
+Added: November 4, 2042
+Added: October 9, 2043
+Added: August 28, 2024
+Added: January 10, 2025
+Added: January 10, 2025
+Added: Further, our intellectual property portfolio
+Added: also consists of 44 granted design patents and one pending design patent application as follows:
+Added: Earliest Expiration
+Added: Latest Expiration
+Added: Earliest Expiration
+Added: Latest Expiration
+Added: December 1, 2027
+Added: April 17, 2028
+Added: April 17, 2028
+Added: December 1, 2027
+Added: January 25, 2034
+Added: December 20, 2033
+Added: December 20, 2033
+Added: August 29, 2033
+Added: October 12, 2033
+Added: April 17, 2028
+Added: April 17, 2028
+Added: April 17, 2028
+Added: April 17, 2028
+Added: In addition, we have filed 53 applications for
+Added: trademark registrations in India of which 29 have been granted.
+Added: We have also filed two copyright applications, both of which have been
+Added: We intend to apply for additional patents in various
+Added: jurisdictions.
+Added: Notwithstanding the foregoing, we cannot be certain
+Added: as to the scope of protection that the patents granted will afford our technology and products, nor can we be certain that any pending
+Added: or future patent applications will be granted.
+Added: Furthermore, if any protection we obtain is reduced or eliminated, others could use our
+Added: intellectual property without compensating us, resulting in harm to our business.
+Added: In addition, others may assert that our products infringe
+Added: on their intellectual property rights, which may cause us to engage in costly disputes and, if we are not successful in defending ourselves,
+Added: could also cause us to pay substantial damages and prohibit us from selling our products.
+Added: None of our patents and patent applications are licensed to or from
+Added: third parties.
+Added: Government Regulation
+Added: Our products and operations are subject to regulation
+Added: in India by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (the “ CDSCO ”), by the Food and Drug Administration (the
+Added: “ FDA ”) in the U.S.
+Added: and by similar agencies in other countries and regions in which we market or plan to market our
+Added: In addition, our products must meet the requirements of a large and growing body of international standards, which govern the
+Added: design, manufacture, materials content and sourcing, testing, certification, packaging, installation, use and disposal of our products.
+Added: We must continually keep abreast of these regulations, standards and requirements and integrate our compliance into the development and
+Added: regulatory documentation for our products.
+Added: Failure to meet these standards could limit our ability to market our products in those regions
+Added: that require compliance with such standards.
+Added: Examples of standards to which we are subject include ISO 13485, an internationally recognized
+Added: quality management system for the design, development and manufacture of medical devices.
+Added: ISO 13485 Quality Management
+Added: ISO 13485 is an internationally recognized quality
+Added: management system for the design, development and manufacture of medical devices.
+Added: It sets out the requirements for a quality management
+Added: system specific to the medical device industry.
+Added: This standard is designed to be used by manufacturers and end-users throughout the life
+Added: cycle of a medical device.
+Added: We are required to meet this standard to register our products for sale globally and are subject to rigorous
+Added: annual reassessment and audit procedures.
+Added: Our Company has developed an ISO 13485 QMS system
+Added: in line with EN ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820, for compliance with U.S.
+Added: and European Union (“ EU ”) quality management systems
+Added: requirements.
+Added: We received ISO 13485 certifications in 2021 and
+Added: have successfully completed two surveillance audits.
+Added: India Regulation
+Added: Medical devices in India had been mostly unregulated
+Added: for a long time but that has changed in recent years, with the adoption of rules and regulations designed to improve and enhance patient
+Added: Our products are primarily regulated under the Indian Medical Device Rules, 2017, as amended by the Medical Device (Amendment)
+Added: Rules, 2020 (as amended, the “ IMDR ”) promulgated and administered by the CDSCO.
+Added: These rules cover various aspects of
+Added: medical device related regulations, including classification, registration, manufacturing and import, labeling, sales, and post-market
+Added: requirements.
+Added: Similar to rules in the EU, they mandate that devices are safe and perform their intended function.
+Added: Based on intended use of the device, the risks
+Added: associated with the device and other parameters referred to in the IMDR, the Central Licensing Authority of India classifies Medical Devices
+Added: into four risk classes:
+Added: A (low risk);
+Added: B (low moderate risk);
+Added: C (moderate high risk);
+Added: and D (high risk).
+Added: The CDSCO has further divided the device classifications
+Added: into 24 panels, where our surgical robotic system is classified as a Class B device pertaining to operating room procedures.
+Added: We currently have CDSCO approval for the manufacture,
+Added: sale and distribution of our products and a license to export our products from India.
+Added: Our products will be subject to regulation as
+Added: medical devices in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“ FFDCA ”), as implemented and enforced
+Added: The FDA regulates the development, design, non-clinical and clinical research, manufacturing, safety, efficacy, labeling,
+Added: packaging, storage, installation, recordkeeping, complaint and adverse event reporting, clearance, approval, certification, promotion,
+Added: marketing, export, import, distribution and service of medical devices in the U.S.
+Added: to ensure that medical devices distributed domestically
+Added: are safe and effective for their intended uses.
+Added: We have filed a pre-submission application with
+Added: the FDA requesting feedback on the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System and we received acknowledgment of the filing on January 17, 2024.
+Added: Under the FFDCA, medical devices are classified
+Added: into one of three classes—Class I, Class II or Class III—depending on the degree of risk associated with each medical device
+Added: and the extent of control needed to ensure safety and effectiveness.
+Added: We believe that our current SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System and
+Added: other products will be classified as Class II medical devices.
+Added: Class II medical devices are those that are subject
+Added: to general controls, and most require premarket demonstration of adherence to certain performance standards, as specified by the FDA,
+Added: and special controls as deemed necessary by the FDA to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the device.
+Added: These special controls can include
+Added: performance standards, post-market surveillance, patient registries and FDA guidance documents.
+Added: Manufacturers of most Class II devices are required
+Added: to submit to the FDA a premarket notification under Section 510(k) of the FFDCA requesting authorization to commercially distribute the
+Added: The FDA’s authorization to commercially distribute a device subject to a 510(k) premarket notification is generally known
+Added: as 510(k) clearance.
+Added: Our current products are expected to be subject to premarket notification and clearance under section 510(k) of the
+Added: To obtain 510(k) clearance, we must submit to the FDA a premarket notification submission demonstrating that the proposed device
+Added: is “substantially equivalent” to a legally marketed predicate device.
+Added: The FDA may require additional information, including
+Added: clinical data, to make a determination regarding substantial equivalence.
+Added: In addition, the FDA collects user fees for certain medical
+Added: device submissions and annual fees for medical device establishments.
+Added: If the FDA agrees that the device is substantially
+Added: equivalent to a predicate device, it will grant clearance to commercially market the device in the U.S.
+Added: The FDA has a statutory ninety-day
+Added: (90-day) period to respond to a 510(k) submission;
+Added: however, as a practical matter, clearance often takes longer.
+Added: The FDA may require further
+Added: information, including clinical data, to make a determination regarding substantial equivalence.
+Added: If the FDA determines that the device,
+Added: or its intended use, is not “substantially equivalent” to a predicate device, the device may be designated as a Class III
+Added: The device sponsor must proceed with and fulfill the requirements of the more rigorous requirements of the premarket approval
+Added: (“ PMA ”) process or can request a risk-based classification determination for the device in accordance with the de novo
+Added: classification pathway, which is a route to market for novel medical devices that are low to moderate risk and are not substantially equivalent
+Added: to a predicate device.
+Added: The PMA process is more demanding than the 510(k)
+Added: premarket notification process.
+Added: In a PMA application, the manufacturer must demonstrate that the device is safe and effective, and the
+Added: PMA application must be supported by extensive data, including data from preclinical studies and human clinical trials.
+Added: The FDA, by statute
+Added: and regulation, has 180 days to review a PMA application, although the review more often occurs over a significantly longer period of
+Added: time and can take up to several years.
+Added: In approving a PMA application or clearing a 510(k) submission, the FDA may also require some additional
+Added: manufacturing controls, design control activities and approvals, as well as specific post-market surveillance requirements when necessary
+Added: to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and effectiveness data for the device.
+Added: In such cases, the manufacturer might
+Added: be required to follow certain patient groups for a number of years and make periodic reports to the FDA on the clinical status of those
+Added: Clinical trials are almost always required to
+Added: support a PMA and are sometimes required to support a 510(k) submission.
+Added: All clinical investigations designed to determine the safety
+Added: and effectiveness of a medical device must be conducted in accordance with the FDA’s investigational device exemption (“ IDE ”)
+Added: regulations, which govern investigational device labeling, prohibit the promotion of the investigational device and specify an array of
+Added: recordkeeping, reporting and monitoring responsibilities of study sponsors and study investigators.
+Added: Regardless of the degree of risk presented
+Added: by the medical device, clinical studies must be approved by, and conducted under the oversight of, an Institutional Review Board (“ IRB ”)
+Added: for each clinical site.
+Added: During a study, the sponsor is required to comply with the applicable FDA requirements, including, for example,
+Added: trial monitoring, selecting clinical investigators and providing them with the investigational plan, ensuring IRB review, adverse event
+Added: reporting, record keeping and prohibitions on the promotion of investigational devices or on making safety or effectiveness claims for
+Added: The clinical investigators in the clinical study are also subject to the FDA’s regulations and must obtain patient informed
+Added: consent, rigorously follow the investigational plan and study protocol, control the disposition of the investigational device and comply
+Added: with all reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
+Added: Additionally, after a trial begins, we, the FDA, or the IRB could suspend or terminate
+Added: a clinical trial at any time for various reasons, including a belief that the risks to study subjects outweigh the anticipated benefits.
+Added: After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any
+Added: modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change or modification in its
+Added: intended use, will require a new 510(k) clearance or, depending on the modification, PMA approval or de novo classification.
+Added: The FDA requires
+Added: each manufacturer to determine whether the proposed change requires submission of a 510(k), de novo classification or a PMA in the first
+Added: instance, but the FDA can review any such decision and disagree with a manufacturer’s determination.
+Added: If the FDA disagrees with a
+Added: manufacturer’s determination, the FDA can require the manufacturer to cease marketing and/or request the recall of the modified
+Added: device until 510(k) marketing clearance, approval of a PMA or issuance of a de novo classification.
+Added: Also, in these circumstances, the
+Added: manufacturer may be subject to significant regulatory fines or penalties.
+Added: In addition, the FDA may place significant limitations
+Added: upon the intended use of our products as a condition of granting marketing authorization.
+Added: Moreover, after a device is placed on the market,
+Added: numerous FDA and other regulatory requirements continue to apply.
+Added: These requirements include establishment registration and device listing
+Added: with the FDA;
+Added: compliance with medical device reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA if their device
+Added: caused or contributed, or may have caused or contributed, to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause
+Added: or contribute to a death or serious injury if it were to recur;
+Added: compliance with corrections and removal reporting regulations, which require
+Added: that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and product recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed
+Added: by the device or to remedy a violation of the FFDCA that may present a risk to health;
+Added: the FDA’s recall authority, whereby the agency
+Added: can order device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of governing laws and regulations;
+Added: and post-market
+Added: surveillance activities and regulations, which apply when deemed by the FDA to be necessary to protect the public health or to provide
+Added: additional safety and effectiveness data for the device.
+Added: In addition, the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission also regulate the advertising
+Added: and promotion of our products to ensure that the claims we make are consistent with our regulatory clearances, that there is scientific
+Added: data to substantiate the claims and that our advertising is neither false nor misleading.
+Added: In general, we may not promote or advertise
+Added: our products for uses not within the scope of our intended use statement in our clearances or make unsupported safety and effectiveness
+Added: In the U.S., our manufacturing processes will
+Added: be required to comply with the Quality System Regulation (“ QSR ”).
+Added: The QSR covers, among other things, the methods used
+Added: in, and the facilities and controls used for, the design, testing, controlling, documenting, manufacture, packaging, labeling, storage,
+Added: installation and servicing of all medical devices intended for human use.
+Added: The QSR also requires maintenance of extensive records, which
+Added: demonstrate compliance with the FDA regulations, the manufacturer’s own procedures, specifications and testing, as well as distribution
+Added: and post-market experience.
+Added: Compliance with the QSR is necessary for a manufacturer to be able to continue to market cleared or approved
+Added: product offerings in the U.S.
+Added: A company’s facilities, records and manufacturing processes are subject to periodic scheduled or unscheduled
+Added: inspections by the FDA.
+Added: Failure to maintain compliance with applicable QSR requirements could result in the shut-down of, or restrictions
+Added: on, manufacturing operations and the recall or seizure of marketed products.
+Added: If the FDA determines that a manufacturer has failed to comply
+Added: with applicable regulatory requirements, it can take a variety of compliance or enforcement actions, which may result in any of the following
+Added: warning letters, untitled letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees, administrative penalties, and civil or criminal penalties;
+Added: recalls, withdrawals, or administrative detention or seizure of our products;
+Added: operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production;
+Added: refusing or delaying requests for 510(k) marketing clearance or PMA approvals of new products or modified products;
+Added: withdrawing 510(k) clearances or PMA approvals that have already been granted;
+Added: refusal to grant export approvals for our products;
+Added: criminal prosecution.
+Added: In addition, the discovery of previously unknown
+Added: problems with any marketed products, including unanticipated adverse events or adverse events of increasing severity or frequency, whether
+Added: resulting from the use of the device within the scope of its clearance or off-label by a physician in the practice of medicine, could
+Added: result in restrictions on the device, including the removal of the product from the market or voluntary or mandatory device recalls.
+Added: Products manufactured outside of the U.S.
+Added: for us are subject to U.S.
+Added: Customs and FDA inspection upon entry into the U.S.
+Added: We must demonstrate compliance of such products with U.S.
+Added: regulations and carefully document the eventual distribution or re-exportation of such products.
+Added: Failure to comply with all applicable
+Added: regulations could prevent us from having access to products or components critical to the manufacture of finished products and lead to
+Added: shortages and delays.
+Added: European Union Regulation
+Added: In the European Union (the “ EU ”),
+Added: all medical devices placed on the EU market must meet the essential requirements (“ Essential Requirements ”), including
+Added: the requirement that a medical device must be designed and manufactured in such a way that it will not compromise the clinical condition
+Added: or safety of patients or the safety and health of users and others.
+Added: In addition, the device must achieve the performance intended by the
+Added: manufacturer and be designed, manufactured and packaged in a suitable manner.
+Added: All medical devices are currently regulated by
+Added: Regulation (EU) No 2017/745 (the “ EU Medical Devices Regulation ” or the “ MDR ”), which became
+Added: effective on May 26, 2021 and replaced the former regulatory framework set forth in Council Directive 93/42/EEC (the “ MDD ”).
+Added: The MDR was adopted with the aim of ensuring better
+Added: protection of public health and patient safety.
+Added: The MDR establishes a uniform, transparent, predictable and sustainable regulatory framework
+Added: across the EU for medical devices and ensures a high level of safety and health while supporting innovation.
+Added: Unlike directives, regulations
+Added: are directly applicable in EU member states without the need for member states to implement them into national law.
+Added: This aims to increase
+Added: harmonization across the EU member states.
+Added: The MDR requires that, before placing a device
+Added: on the market, other than a custom-made device, manufacturers (as well as other economic operators, such as authorized representatives
+Added: and importers) must register by submitting identification information to the EUDAMED electronic system, which is in the process of being
+Added: The information to be submitted by manufacturers (and authorized representatives) also includes the name, address and contact
+Added: details of the person or persons responsible for regulatory compliance.
+Added: The MDR also requires that, before placing a device on the market,
+Added: other than a custom-made device, manufacturers must assign a unique identifier to the device and provide it along with other core data
+Added: to the unique device identifier (“ UDI ”) database.
+Added: All manufacturers placing medical devices on the
+Added: market in the EU must comply with the EU medical device vigilance system.
+Added: Under this system, serious incidents and Field Safety Corrective
+Added: Actions (“ FSCAs ”) must be reported to the relevant authorities of EU member states.
+Added: These reports are to be submitted
+Added: through EUDAMED (once fully functional) and aim to ensure that, in addition to reporting to the relevant authorities of the EU member
+Added: states, other actors, such as the economic operators in the supply chain, will also be informed.
+Added: Until EUDAMED is fully functional, the
+Added: corresponding provisions of the MDD continue to apply.
+Added: Manufacturers are required to take FSCAs, which are defined as any corrective action
+Added: for technical or medical reasons to prevent or reduce a risk of a serious incident associated with the use of a medical device that is
+Added: made available on the market.
+Added: The advertising and promotion of medical devices
+Added: is subject to some general principles set forth in EU legislation.
+Added: According to the MDR, only devices that are CE (Conformité Européene)
+Added: marked may be marketed and advertised in the EU in accordance with their intended purpose.
+Added: Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading
+Added: and comparative advertising and Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices, while not specific to the advertising of medical
+Added: devices, also apply to the advertising thereof and contain general rules, such as, for example, requiring that advertisements are evidenced,
+Added: balanced and not misleading.
+Added: Specific requirements are defined at a national level.
+Added: EU member states’ laws related to the advertising
+Added: and promotion of medical devices, which vary between jurisdictions, may limit or restrict the advertising and promotion of products to
+Added: the general public and may impose limitations on promotional activities with healthcare professionals.
+Added: Many EU member states have adopted specific anti-gift
+Added: statutes that further limit commercial practices for medical devices, in particular vis-à-vis healthcare professionals and organizations.
+Added: Additionally, there has been a recent trend of increased regulation of payments and transfers of value provided to healthcare professionals
+Added: or entities and many EU member states have adopted national “Sunshine Acts,” which impose reporting and transparency requirements
+Added: (often on an annual basis), similar to the requirements in the United States, on medical device manufacturers.
+Added: Certain EU member states
+Added: also mandate implementation of commercial compliance programs.
+Added: In the EU, regulatory authorities have the power
+Added: to carry out announced and, if necessary, unannounced inspections of companies, as well as of suppliers and/or sub-contractors and, where
+Added: necessary, the facilities of professional users.
+Added: Failure to comply with the applicable regulatory requirements could require time and
+Added: resources to respond to the regulatory authorities’ observations and to implement corrective and preventive actions, as appropriate.
+Added: Regulatory authorities have broad compliance and enforcement powers and, if such issues cannot be resolved to their satisfaction, can
+Added: take a variety of actions, including untitled or warning letters, fines, consent decrees, injunctions, or civil or criminal penalties.
+Added: The aforementioned EU rules are generally applicable
+Added: in the European Economic Area (“ EEA ”), which consists of the twenty-seven EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein
+Added: Other countries
+Added: Regulations in other countries, including the
+Added: requirements for approvals, certification or clearance and the time required for regulatory review, vary from country to country.
+Added: countries, such as South Korea, Brazil, Australia and Canada, have their own regulatory agencies.
+Added: These countries typically require regulatory
+Added: approvals and compliance with extensive safety and quality system regulations included in the Medical Device Single Audit Program that
+Added: we will be required to comply with on an ongoing basis.
+Added: Failure to obtain regulatory approval in any foreign country in which we plan
+Added: to market our products or failure to comply with any regulation in any foreign country in which we market our products may negatively
+Added: impact our ability to generate revenue and harm our business.
+Added: In addition, local regulations may apply, which
+Added: govern the use of our products, and which could have an adverse effect on our product utilization if they are unfavorable.
+Added: All such regulations
+Added: are revised from time to time and, in general, are increasing in complexity and in the scope and degree of documentation and testing required.
+Added: There can be no assurance that the outcomes from such documentation and testing will be acceptable to any particular regulatory agency
+Added: or will continue to be acceptable over time.
+Added: There are further regulations governing the importation, marketing, sale, distribution, use,
+Added: and service as well as the removal and disposal of medical devices in the regions in which we operate and market our products.
+Added: to comply with any of these regulations could result in sanctions or fines and could prevent us from marketing our products in these regions.
+Added: Our ISO 13485
+Added: (quality management system) approval, CDSCO approval for the manufacture, sale and distribution of our products and our Indian
+Added: export license allows us to market our products in fifty (50) non-FDA and non-CE (EU) countries without further regulatory approvals
+Added: and in an additional seventy-nine (79) countries require only minimal registration.
+Added: We have received regulatory approval to market
+Added: and sell our products in the United Arab Emirates and Guatemala and have initiated the regulatory approval process, which if
+Added: successful, will allow us to market our products in more than fifty (50) countries within approximately one year.
+Added: However, there can
+Added: be no assurance as to when we will secure any such regulatory approvals, if at all.
+Added: Data Privacy and Security
+Added: Numerous state, federal, and foreign laws, regulations,
+Added: and standards govern the collection, use, access to, confidentiality, and security of health-related and other personal information and
+Added: could apply now or in the future to our operations or the operations of our partners.
+Added: In the U.S., numerous federal and state laws and
+Added: regulations, including data breach notification laws, health information privacy and security laws and consumer protection laws and regulations
+Added: govern the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of health-related and other personal information.
+Added: In addition, certain foreign
+Added: laws govern the privacy and security of personal data, including health-related data.
+Added: Privacy and security laws, regulations, and other
+Added: obligations are constantly evolving, may conflict with each other to complicate compliance efforts, and can result in investigations,
+Added: proceedings, or actions that lead to significant civil and/or criminal penalties and restrictions on data processing.
+Added: We collect, process, share, disclose, transfer,
+Added: and otherwise use data, some of which contains personal information about identifiable individuals including, but not limited to, our
+Added: employees, clinical trial participants, partners, and vendors.
+Added: Therefore, if we commence marketing our products in the U.S., the EU and
+Added: other countries, we will be subject to U.S.
+Added: (federal, state and local) and international laws and regulations, including those in the
+Added: EEA regarding data privacy and security and our use of such data.
+Added: If we market our products in the EU, we will be
+Added: subject to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and applicable national supplementing laws (collectively, the
+Added: The GDPR imposes comprehensive data privacy compliance obligations in relation to our collection, processing,
+Added: sharing, disclosure, transfer and other use of data relating to an identifiable living individual or “ personal data ,”
+Added: including a principle of accountability and the obligation to demonstrate compliance through policies, procedures, training, and audits.
+Added: The GDPR also regulates cross-border transfers
+Added: of personal data out of the EEA.
+Added: Recent legal developments in Europe have created complexity and uncertainty regarding such transfers,
+Added: in particular in relation to transfers to the United States.
+Added: Cybersecurity
+Added: In the normal course of business, we may collect
+Added: and store personal information and other sensitive information, including proprietary and confidential business information, trade secrets,
+Added: intellectual property, patient information, sensitive third-party information and employee information.
+Added: To protect this information, our
+Added: existing cybersecurity policies require continuous monitoring and detection programs, network security precautions, encryption of critical
+Added: data and in-depth security assessments of vendors.
+Added: We maintain various protections designed to safeguard against cyberattacks, including
+Added: firewalls and virus detection software.
+Added: We have established and regularly test our disaster recovery plan, and we protect against business
+Added: interruption by backing up our major systems.
+Added: In addition, we periodically scan our environment for any vulnerabilities, perform penetration
+Added: testing and engage third parties to assess the effectiveness of our data security practices.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, we had 239 employees, 102 of
+Added: whom were engaged in manufacturing and service, 38 in marketing and sales, 50 in research and development, 4 in quality control and 45
+Added: in administration.
+Added: Most of our employees are based at our facility in Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, India.
+Added: We generally consider our relationship
+Added: with our employees to be good.
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−Removed: The Company currently does not own any properties but leases an office
−Removed: from UCF at 3259 Progress Drive, Orlando, FL 32826 under a lease expiring July 31, 2023, at a rental of $404.68 per month.
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