RIO(R) Robotic Arm System by MAKO Surgical Corp. Wins 2010 Gold Medical Design Excellence Award


FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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.



            

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