Is There a Method to Stryker’s Mako Madness? (OrthoFeed)
Stryker certainly can’t be accused of rushing its rollout of the robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty application for use with its Mako system. FDA approved the company’s Triathlon Total Knee System for the use with the Mako robot in August 2015, but the company made the market wait more than a year for the full commercial launch, which finally happened this past March. Stryker wanted to release the product at a measured pace in an effort to maximize its chance of success.
Now, the company is working through a backlog of new Mako...
