Unlike traditional robotic-arm platforms, Mako RPS delivers a handheld robotic experience while leveraging the company’s expertise in robotics and surgical power tools.
The acquisition follows Stryker’s earlier move into the vascular intervention market through its approximately US$4.9 billion purchase of Inari Medical in 2025.
AVS has developed the Pulse IVL system, which uses pressurised sound waves delivered through a balloon catheter to remove calcium deposits in patients with calcified peripheral artery disease (PAD).