MAKO Surgical Corp. · Fort Lauderdale, FL United States ·(NASDAQ (GM): MAKO)

MAKO Surgical Corp. wants to provide a gentler way of giving you new knees. Its MAKOplasty procedure, less invasive than traditional knee replacement surgery, treats early to mid-stage osteoarthritis of the knee. With the company's Haptic Guidance System, physicians use a robotic arm to remove the arthritic part of the joint and insert a small resurfacing implant. Because the system makes smaller incisions and inflicts less trauma than conventional total knee replacement, patients lose less tissue and can recover more quickly. MAKO Surgical is keenly aware that arthritis of the knees increases as people age and gain weight -- two of the fastest-growing populations in the US. To read the full description, subscribe now.