Stryker acquires Wright Medical Group

Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) is one of the [World](/companies/world-labs)'s largest medical technology companies, headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with $25B in 2025 revenue and approximately 56,000 employees. The company's Mako SmartRobotics platform is the leading robotic orthopedic surgery system, with record Mako installations in 2024 for hip and knee replacements, and the next-generation Mako showcased at AAOS 2025 including the new Mako Shoulder application.

Wright Medical Group N.V. (formerly NASDAQ: WMGI) was a global medical device company specializing in upper and lower extremities (shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, foot, ankle) and biologics, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1950, the company merged with Tornier N.V. in 2015 in a USD 3.3 billion tax inversion deal and was acquired by [Stryker](/companies/stryker) in November 2020 for approximately USD 4 billion. Wright Medical also developed preoperative planning technology and had a robotics program through its acquisition of IMASCAP