Robots are everywhere!
Robots are now used in 5% of knee and hip procedures. MAKO has installed 1,500 robots in hospitals worldwide and ExcelsiusGPS has been used 35,000 procedures (according to the BoneZone's new infographic).
Unfortunately, we can all thank Stryker for this. They created the MAKO business model that all the device companies follow. The hospitals have been "duped" into forever implant purchases for the sake of hospital marketing and advertising of the new robot, not for the sake of better outcomes.
While Robots are the rage right now, these one-dimensional robots are going ...