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<DESCRIPTION>COMPOSITE OF RESTATED CERTIFICATE
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.1
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                                  COMPOSITE OF
                      RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                        INTEGRATED SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
                                   AS AMENDED


     The undersigned, Ramesh C. Trivedi, being the Chief Executive Officer and
President of Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies that:

     1. The name of the corporation is Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc. (the
Corporation").

     2. The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of
Delaware is Corporation Trust center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of the registered agent at
such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

     3. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of Delaware.

     4. The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation shall
have authority to issue is 101,000,000, of which 1,000,000 shares shall be
preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"), and
100,000,000 shares shall be common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common
Stock").

          The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series, from time to
time, with each such series to have such designation, powers, preferences, and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the
resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to the limitations prescribed by
law and in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors being
hereby expressly vested with authority to adopt any such resolution or
resolutions. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each such
series shall include, but not be limited to, the determination of fixing of the
following:

          (a) The distinctive designation and number of shares comprising such
     series, which number may (except where otherwise provided by the Board of
     Directors in creating such series) be increased or decreased (but not below
     the number of shares then outstanding) from time to time by like action of
     the Board of Directors;

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          (b) The dividend rate of such series, the conditions and time upon
     which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends
     shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock
     or series thereof, or any other series of the same class, and whether such
     dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;

               (1) The conditions upon which the shares of such series shall be
          subject to redemption by the Corporation and the times, prices and
          other terms and provisions upon which the shares of the series may be
          redeemed;

               (2) Whether or not the shares of the series shall be subject to
          the operation of a retirement or sinking fund to be applied to the
          purchase or redemption of such shares and, if such retirement or
          sinking fund be established, the annual amount thereof and the terms
          and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

               (3) Whether or not the shares of the series shall be convertible
          into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes, with or
          without par value, or of any other series of the same class, and, if
          provision is made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices,
          rates, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion
          or exchange;

               (4) Whether or not the shares of the series shall have voting
          rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so,
          the terms of such voting rights;

               (5) The rights of the shares of the series in the event of
          voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or upon the
          distribution of assets of the Corporation; and

               (6) Any other powers, preferences and relative participating,
          optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or
          restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, as the Board of
          Directors may deem advisable and as shall not be inconsistent with the
          provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation.

     The holders of shares of the Preferred Stock of each series shall be
entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of
funds legally available for the payment of dividends, dividends (if any) at the
rates fixed by the Board of Directors for such series, and no more, before any
cash dividends shall be declared and paid, or set apart for payment, on the
Common Stock with respect to the same dividend period.

     The holders of shares of the Preferred Stock of each series shall be
entitled upon liquidation or dissolution or upon the distribution of the assets
of the Corporation to such preferences as provided in the resolution or
resolutions creating such series of Preferred Stock, and no more, before any
distribution of the assets of the Corporation shall be made to the holders of
shares of the Common Stock. Whenever the holders of shares of the Preferred
Stock shall have been paid the full amounts to which they shall be entitled, the
holders of shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to share ratably in all
remaining assets of the Corporation."

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     5. The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

     6. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute,
the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal
the Bylaws of the Corporation.

     7. The number of directors which will constitute the whole Board of
Directors of the Corporation shall be specified in the Bylaws of the
Corporation.

     8. The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the
Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

     9. At the election of directors of the Corporation, each holder of stock or
of any class or classes or of a series or series thereof shall be entitled to as
many votes as shall equal the number of votes which (except for such provision
as to cumulative voting) he would be entitled to cast for the election of
directors with respect to his shares of stock multiplied by the number of
directors to be elected by him, and he may cast all of such votes for a single
director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or for any two
or more of them as he may see fit.

     10. Meeting of stockholders may be held within or without the State of
Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept
(subject to any provisions contained in the statutes) outside the State of
Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the
Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

     11. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law
as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation
shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Neither any
amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall
eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter
occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article,
would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an
inconsistent provision.

     12. Advance notice of new business and stockholder nomination for the
election of directors shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in
the Bylaws of the Corporation.

     13. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal
any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the
manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon
stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.



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