The Mako robot, developed by Stryker, is reducing postoperative pain and bleeding by improving the accuracy in the planning of hip and knee replacements. Stryker has been working with a team at Stanford University to develop an artificial hip, which will be implanted into patients who have suffered catastrophic injuries. Raycraft said the ultimate goal is to increase the number of “forgotten joints.” In the case of a knee operation, a millimetre of increased accuracy gives the knee five degrees more extension.
The Mako robot, developed by Stryker, is reducing postoperative pain and bleeding by improving the accuracy in the planning of hip and knee replacements. Stryker has been working with a team at Stanford University to develop an artificial hip, which will be implanted into patients who have suffered catastrophic injuries. In the case of a knee operation, a millimetre of increased accuracy gives the knee five degrees more extension.