RIO(R) Robotic Arm System by MAKO Surgical Corp. Wins 2010 Gold Medical Design Excellence Award
June 10 2010 - 6:53PM
MAKO Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq:MAKO) announced that its RIO® Robotic
Arm Interactive Orthopedic System has received a 2010 Gold Medical
Design Excellence Award. RIO® is used to perform MAKOplasty®
partial knee resurfacing, a treatment option for patients with
early to mid-stage osteoarthritis of the knee.
"It is an honor to receive this recognition," said Dr. Maurice
R. Ferré, President and Chief Executive Officer of MAKO. "RIO®,
which was released last year, represents an important expansion to
the previous generation of our robotic arm surgical system,
incorporating enhancements such as improved dexterity and a more
ergonomic configuration. Additionally, the RIO® is an enabling
platform for current and future applications."
The 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award winners were honored at
a presentation ceremony on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in New York
City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, in conjunction with the
Medical Design & Manufacturing East Conference and Exposition
(www.MDMEast.com).
The Medical Design Excellence Awards competition
(www.MDEAwards.com) is the only awards program that exclusively
recognizes contributions and advances in the design of medical
products. Entries are evaluated on the basis of their design and
engineering features, including innovative use of materials,
user-related functions that improve healthcare delivery and change
traditional medical attitudes or practices, features that provide
enhanced benefits to the patient, and the ability of the product
development team to overcome design and engineering challenges so
that the product meets its clinical objectives.
A comprehensive review of the entries was performed by an
impartial, multidisciplinary panel of third-party jurors with
expertise in biomedical engineering, human factors, industrial
design, medicine, and diagnostics.
About MAKO Surgical Corp.
MAKO Surgical Corp. is a medical device company that markets
both its RIO® Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic system and its
proprietary RESTORIS® implants for minimally invasive orthopedic
knee procedures. The MAKO RIO is a surgeon-interactive tactile
surgical platform that incorporates a robotic arm and
patient-specific visualization technology and prepares the knee
joint for the insertion and alignment of MAKO's resurfacing
RESTORIS implants through a minimal incision. The FDA-cleared and
CE marked RIO system allows surgeons to provide a precise,
consistently reproducible tissue-sparing, bone resurfacing
procedure called MAKOplasty® to a large, yet underserved patient
population suffering from early to mid-stage osteoarthritic knee
disease. MAKO has an intellectual property portfolio of more than
250 licensed or owned patents and patent applications relating to
the areas of robotics, haptics, computer assisted surgery and
implants. Additional information can be found at
www.makosurgical.com.
CONTACT: MAKO Surgical Corp.
Sue Siebert
(954) 927-2044 x404
ssiebert@makosurgical.com
Cynthia M. Kalb
(954) 927-2044 x426
ckalb@makosurgical.com
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