7 companies using robot-assisted surgery to transform orthopedics (Medical Design & Outsourcing)
#1 Stryker: Mako
More than five years after spending $1.7 billion to acquire Mako Surgical, Stryker has already placed more than 650 Mako robots around the world, with more than 76,900 knee and hip replacement procedures performed in 2018 and double-digit growth in installations expected in 2019. After acquiring Mako in 2013, Stryker launched a total hip replacement tool in 2015 and a total knee arthroplasty application in 2017. (Read more about Stryker’s Mako here.)
#2 Medtronic: Mazor X Stealth
Medtronic officials think robot-assisted surgery could prove a game changer in the spine surgery space. The company late last year closed on its $1.7 billion purchase of Mazor Robotics and its robot-assisted spine surgery platform. A month later, Medtronic launched its Mazor X Stealth robotic-assisted spinal surgical platform in the U.S. The Mazor X Stealth combines robotic guidance system technology from the Mazor acquisition with Medtronic’s StealthStation surgical navigation technology. (Read more about Medtronic’s Mazor here.)
#3 Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes: Orthotaxy...
