Vicarious Surgical Inc. announced it has signed collaborative Center of Excellence (“COE”) agreements with both HCA Healthcare, one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services comprising 182 hospitals, and University Hospitals Ventures, the innovation and commercialization arm of University Hospitals (UH), a comprehensive health system with more than 20 hospitals, over 50 health centers, and over 200 physician offices in northern Ohio. As part of these agreements, HCA Healthcare and UH Ventures will each provide user input through their system physicians as the Company advances the design of its Vicarious Surgical Robot. Through these distinct collaborations, Vicarious Surgical will gain unique exposure to the detailed surgical workflows at each of these partners and incorporate direct surgeon and administrator feedback into its total product ecosystem to meet the needs of major US hospital systems. Additionally, clinical and human-centered design experts from both HCA Healthcare and UH will assist Vicarious Surgical to further enhance product design, helping ensure readiness for streamlined adoption upon FDA Approval.