# US 8,010,180 (USPTO)

Haptic guidance system and method. Foundational MAKO RIO haptic-guidance patent (inventors incl. Abovitz, Quaid, Kang). The Mako orthopedic-robotics IP estate transferred to Stryker via the 2013 acquisition (stryker-acquires-mako-2013).

## Key facts

- Jurisdiction: uspto
- Status: granted
- Number: US 8,010,180
- Grant date: 2011-08-30
- Verification posture: verified

## Parties (1)

- **assignee**: MAKO Surgical Corp. (verified)

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