Stryker Corp.’s bid to acquire robotic surgical maker MAKO Surgical Corp. has the potential to disrupt the staid and predictable large joint industry where market share shifts between major suppliers typically can be measured in single-digits. But, with a $1.65 billion price tag, it also presents huge risks for the aggressively acquisitive Stryker.
What’s clear is Stryker sees MAKO’s RIO (Robotic arm Interactive Orthopedic) system as a difference-maker in an orthopedics industry that’s becoming increasingly focused on doing what was once seen as...
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