Robot Wars Brewing In Orthopedics

Robotic-controlled surgical tools – led by market leader MAKO Surgical Inc. – are beginning to take root in the knee surgery market, at least in partial knees. Perhaps the truest measure of the potential of this market is the growing competition that MAKO is facing: just over the past five months, Blue Belt Technologies and Stanmore Implants Worldwide received FDA approval for rival robotic surgical systems.