Announcement • May 15
Vicarious Surgical Inc Demonstrates Sustained System Performance And Complex Hernia Procedure Workflows In Pre-Clinical Setting Vicarious Surgical Inc. announced the successful completion of a full-day synthetic abdominal model lab demonstrating sustained system performance and continued procedural workflow progression for the Vicarious Surgical System. During the lab, the Vicarious Surgical System operated fully draped for multiple hours while the CMO, an experienced abdominal surgeon, performed back-to-back IPOM+ and robotic transabdominal preperitoneal (rTAPP) ventral hernia repair workflows. The lab was conducted using the Company’s integrated instrument suite, including needle drivers, graspers, monopolar scissors and electrosurgical energy. The lab represents an important progression beyond the Company’s previously announced integrated benchtop testing milestone by extending validation of the Vicarious Surgical System into sustained procedural workflows under clinically relevant operating conditions. The testing demonstrated continued progress in runtime stability, visualization, instrument control and workflow execution as the Company advances toward design freeze and future cadaveric and in-vivo studies. The Company intends to continue expanding procedural workflow testing and system validation activities as it advances development of the Vicarious Surgical System for ventral hernia repair and other abdominal procedures. Announcement • Apr 01
Vicarious Surgical Inc. Completes Integrated Benchtop Testing of Full Surgical Instrument Suite for Ventral Hernia Repair Vicarious Surgical Inc. announced the successful completion of initial integrated benchtop testing for its full suite of surgical instruments, required for its anticipated first clinical indication of ventral hernia repair, marking an important step toward design validation, clinical readiness, and the Company’s targeted design freeze milestone. This milestone represents the first system-level performance evaluation of the Company's three core instruments: needle drivers, fenestrated graspers, and monopolar scissors, each of which is designed for use with the Vicarious Surgical System. The successful testing of all three instruments in a unified evaluation serves as a critical step in systematically de-risking the Company's path toward first-in-human use. Notably, the monopolar scissors, which previously demonstrated successful electrical performance in a December porcine lab study, exhibited strong motion and mechanical cutting capabilities following the Company's standard automated calibration and bring-up process. Importantly, instrument and camera sensors remained stable, with no degradation in video or motion quality in the presence of monopolar electrosurgical energy, confirming robust system performance under clinically relevant operating conditions. The successful completion of this benchtop testing positions the Company to advance to the next phase of preclinical validation, including planned cadaveric and porcine studies, as it continues to prepare for first clinical use of the Vicarious Surgical System and execute against a defined series of development milestones leading to design freeze.