In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Dr. Vishwa Srivastava shares his unique journey to leading one of the more dynamic surgical robotics companies in MedTech.
Dr. Srivastava’s path takes him across disciplines and geographies from anthropology to medicine. He discusses the founding of SS Innovations, which has developed the Mantra series of surgical robotics systems that the company hopes can make a robotic surgery more accessible and affordable. Dr. Srivastava emphasizes the importance of telesurgery and the future of surgical robotics, highlighting the challenges and innovations in the field.
Host Tom Salemi opens this episode with MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker to review some of the top stories in MedTech over the past two weeks including – Olympus, Solventum, Boston Scientific, DePuy Synthes, and Hologic.
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Chapters
(00:07:23) - How Olympus views ‘different’ Swan EndoSurgical surgical robotics play(00:09:14) - Boston Scientific to acquire Nalu Medical for $533M(00:12:25) - Johnson & Johnson to separate DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics business(00:15:48) - Solventum hires Baxter EVP and COO Heather Knight for new C-suite role(00:18:26) - Hologic to be acquired by private equity firms Blackstone, TPG for up to $18.3B(00:25:22) - Keynote Interview, Vishwa Srivastava, MD - President & COO - South Asia(00:50:00) - Why did SS Innovations International need to be started.(01:09:00) - The case for surgical robotics(01:22:02) - Is telesurgery necessary?

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