Robot model
Mako
Mako (marketed as Mako SmartRobotics) is Stryker's surgeon-guided robotic-arm system for orthopedic joint replacement, recorded in the surgical form factor as…
- Manufacturer
- Stryker
- Form factor
- surgical
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- investors.stryker.com ↗
Overview
Mako (marketed as Mako SmartRobotics) is Stryker's surgeon-guided robotic-arm system for orthopedic joint replacement, recorded in the surgical form factor as the large-footprint, CT-based commercial-market-leader archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort. It pairs CT-based three-dimensional pre-operative planning with intra-operative haptic boundary control, branded AccuStop, that physically constrains the saw or burr to the planned resection zone, and real-time optical bone tracking that keeps that boundary registered to the patient; the surgeon holds and guides the arm and makes every cut, so the system is AI-augmented surgeon-controlled assistance and not autonomous surgery, the same assistive class as Intuitive's da Vinci. Made by Stryker, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SYK, founded in 1941 by Dr. Homer H. Stryker, incorporated in Michigan in 1946 and headquartered in Portage, Michigan, the platform entered Stryker through its roughly 1.65 billion dollar acquisition of MAKO Surgical at thirty dollars per share, announced September 25, 2013 and closed December 17, 2013, when MAKO's product was the RIO system cleared for partial knee and total hip. Its FDA-cleared scope has since broadened to partial and total knee, cementless total knee, total hip, a hip-revision feature, the Mako Spine System for non-cervical pedicle-screw placement cleared under 510(k) K241517 in May 2024, and the Mako Shoulder application for reverse shoulder arthroplasty cleared under 510(k) K242373 in November 2024. Per Stryker's FY2024 10-K the system is sold in more than forty-five countries with more than one million robotic Mako Total Knees and 1.5 million total Mako procedures performed cumulatively, and Stryker describes itself as one of four leading global competitors rather than asserting a specific market share; no installed-base system count appears in the 10-K, so any thousands-of-systems or market-share figure is aggregator-sourced and is not asserted here.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 7 sources, view all
Key facts
Autonomy level
Form factor
Acquisition price
Countries sold in
Cumulative procedures
FDA clearance
FDA clearance
Price
Availability
Pricing model
Specs
Notes
Specs
Form Factor
Fda clearance
Visualization
Clearance body
Procedure types
Data & sources
Company filings
1
Press releases
3
Government records
1
Research
1
Web sources
1
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Not sold (internal use)
- Price
- $1M to $1.5M (actual sale price)as of 2023-01-01
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
One-time purchase
$1,000,000 - $1,500,000 USDactual sale priceas of 2023-01-01
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jan 1, 2023
Deployments (2)
- Mako at United Kingdomoperational
Mako robotic-arm assisted surgical systems have been installed at approximately 50 or more sites across the United Kingdom, with CE mark active for knee and hip procedures.
- Mako at United Statesoperational
Mako systems have surpassed approximately 1,000 installations globally, with over 1.5 million cumulative procedures performed across knee, hip, and partial knee indications.
Mako on the deployment map
Where Mako is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 8, 2026
Mako 2024 Sizzle Video
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Stryker Mako SmartRobotics
- Record createdJun 4, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedMay 28, 2024
Stryker Mako Total Knee software correction over 'error #3' codes when switching...
- Price point recorded: $1,000,000-$1,500,000VerifiedJan 1, 2023
Actual sale price
Deployment-verified media (1)
Stryker's milestone film marking the 1,000th global installation of its Mako system (a brand video, not a procedure demonstration). Mako is a surgeon-controlled robotic arm with AccuStop haptic boundaries: the surgeon guides the arm and the boundary constrains it; it does not cut autonomously.
From deployment: United States
Components (1)
Robotic arm / control system
- software fault · moderate: Field-safety notice; software update for the identified error.
Components carry componentClass + safetyCritical flag. ModelComponent rows carry safety_role (primary_safety / backup_safety / monitoring / non_safety) + optional supplier identity.
Regulatory filings (5)
- K242373fda 510k · us_fdacleared2024-08-09
Applicant: Stryker
- K241517fda 510k · us_fdacleared2024-05-29
Applicant: Stryker
- Z-1910-2024fda recall · us_fdarecalled2024-05-28
Applicant: Stryker
- K241517fda 510k · us_fdacleared2024-01-01
Applicant: Stryker
- K072806fda 510k · us_fdacleared2007-10-01
Applicant: Stryker
Safety record
2 recalls on record (1 moderate). Most recent: May 2024.
Most recent: May 2024
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Incidents affecting Mako (2)
- Stryker Mako bone-registration accuracy recall (Class II, 2022)2022-07-01 · Recall
Includes incidents linked directly to this model or to deployments of it. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (7)
- https://investors.stryker.com/press-releases/news-details/2013/Stryker-Announces-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-MAKO-Surgical-Corp-for-165-Billion/default.aspx
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000310764/000031076426000010/syk-20251231.htm
- https://investors.stryker.com/press-releases/news-details/2015/Stryker-Receives-FDA-Clearance-For-Mako-Total-Knee-Application/default.aspx
- https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf24/K241517.pdf
- https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/OR/subpart-e%E2%80%94neurological-surgical-devices/OLO/K242373
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12588732/
- https://www.stryker.com/us/en/joint-replacement/systems/Mako_SmartRobotics_Overview.html
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Common questions
- What is Mako?
- Mako (marketed as Mako SmartRobotics) is Stryker's surgeon-guided robotic-arm system for orthopedic joint replacement, recorded in the surgical form factor as the large-footprint, CT-based commercial-market-leader archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort. It pairs CT-based three-dimensional pre-operative planning with intra-operative haptic boundary control, branded AccuStop, that physically constrains the saw or burr to the planned resection zone, and real-time optical bone tracking that keeps that boundary registered to the patient; the surgeon holds and guides the arm and makes every cut, so the system is AI-augmented surgeon-controlled assistance and not autonomous surgery, the same assistive class as Intuitive's da Vinci. Made by Stryker, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SYK, founded in 1941 by Dr. Homer H. Stryker, incorporated in Michigan in 1946 and headquartered in Portage, Michigan, the platform entered Stryker through its roughly 1.65 billion dollar acquisition of MAKO Surgical at thirty dollars per share, announced September 25, 2013 and closed December 17, 2013, when MAKO's product was the RIO system cleared for partial knee and total hip. Its FDA-cleared scope has since broadened to partial and total knee, cementless total knee, total hip, a hip-revision feature, the Mako Spine System for non-cervical pedicle-screw placement cleared under 510(k) K241517 in May 2024, and the Mako Shoulder application for reverse shoulder arthroplasty cleared under 510(k) K242373 in November 2024. Per Stryker's FY2024 10-K the system is sold in more than forty-five countries with more than one million robotic Mako Total Knees and 1.5 million total Mako procedures performed cumulatively, and Stryker describes itself as one of four leading global competitors rather than asserting a specific market share; no installed-base system count appears in the 10-K, so any thousands-of-systems or market-share figure is aggregator-sourced and is not asserted here.
- How much does Mako cost?
- Mako is listed at $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
- Is Mako actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Mako is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Is Mako autonomous or teleoperated?
- Not verified as fully autonomous. Mako's capabilities on the DEPLOY registry are recorded as teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-only, or vendor claims (Assists surgery), not independently confirmed to run without a human in the loop.
- Who makes Mako?
- Mako is made by Stryker, based in Kalamazoo, MI, USA, founded in 1941.
- Where is Mako deployed?
- 2 verified deployments of Mako are on the DEPLOY registry, including at United Kingdom, United States.
- Can you buy Mako?
- Mako is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).
- Is Mako FDA cleared?
- Mako has 5 regulatory records on the DEPLOY registry: FDA 510(k) clearance (K242373), cleared; FDA 510(k) clearance (K241517), cleared; FDA recall (Z-1910-2024), recalled and 2 more. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.
- What are alternatives to Mako?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable surgical robots to Mako include Toumai, da Vinci (and Ion), Epione, Hugo RAS.
- How does Mako compare to Toumai?
- Mako and Toumai (MicroPort MedBot · 8 deployments) are both surgical robots on the DEPLOY registry. Mako has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Mako a top surgical?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Mako ranks in roughly the top 19% of surgical models tracked by the registry.
- What is Mako's maturity stage?
- Mako is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Mako safe?
- Mako has 2 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 2 recalls on record (1 moderate). Most recent: May 2024. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
- How much does Mako robotic knee replacement surgery cost?
- The Mako robotic system itself costs approximately $1 million or more for a hospital to purchase. The cost of robotic knee replacement surgery for a patient typically averages more than $32,000. Medicare does cover robotic knee replacement surgery. Over 1 million Mako procedures have been completed worldwide.
Methodology: Aggregator drift detected · 7 sources (6 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Aggregator drift detected
Cap-flag required
Review state
Drift-flagged
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
1 anchored drift pattern(s); see cap_flags
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: surgical
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- primary-sec-filing
- SEC filing
- 1
- primary-fda-database
- FDA database
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-academic-peer-reviewed
- Peer-reviewed clinical / academic
Canonical worked example pair
Surgical orthopedic robot sub-cohort triangle
This entity is the knee+hip+spine triple-clearance anchor on within-cohort-verified-vs-claimed-pair.
Pairs with: smith-nephew-cori, zimmer-biomet-rosa
Cap flags
Claim: Stryker Mako headquartered in Kalamazoo MI
Honest status: Stryker is headquartered in Portage MI, not Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo is the adjacent city and the conflation is common in aggregator content.
Stryker HQ is Portage MI, not Kalamazoo.
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Mako.Recent coverage
Mako in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Mako from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Stryker Debuts Handheld Mako Robotic Preparation System
Stryker introduced a handheld Mako robotic preparation system, expanding orthopedic robotics from surgical suites into broader clinical use.
Stryker showcases next generation of Mako SmartRobotics at AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting
Stryker showcased the next generation of Mako SmartRobotics at AAOS 2025, including the new Mako Shoulder application, with record Mako installations in 2024 for hips and knees.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/stryker-mako.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/b3a006a0-d844-4fb4-b4d9-dd6f148c0958
- Revision history: /models/stryker-mako/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/stryker-mako
Video
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The future of orthopedics is robotics. The medical device company Stryker has developed a surgical robotic arm for greater precision during joint replacement su
Dr. David Liao discusses total knee replacement surgery with Stryker Mako at Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville, Tx.
Reality vs attention
Mako draws attention at the 89th percentile but verifies reality at the 71st percentile among surgical robots. Hype Gap +18.8, 8th widest among surgical robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026