Do you think this union will be something that senior management should take quick notice of? We are seeing in our area already a shift in our business in strong Mako accounts that are now using stryker to back up their cases where we used to. Also in areas where Stryker agents are strong, I think its going to become a real problem. Mako will open up our doors to Stryker reps, agents, general managers. trust me it is happening already and the deal is not even closed from what I know. Please no bs here, I want honest opinions
Not so fast. File your response away and lets revisit the complete impact in 10 years. SYKs acquisition (according to all on Wall Street) is positive and very forward looking. Lets discuss in a few years. Gone are the days of making a quick buck.
nope. not worried about it. speed up the procedure, get some clinical data, and come out with something comparable or better to persona - then we'll talk. there's no doubt robotic assisted surgery will play a larger role in the future of orthopedics, but I don't see it catching on for at least another five years.
open up the door for the stryker people to get in front of your surgeons and its going to cause some loss of business. Stryker fills the Mako product holes nicely and they will allow stryker recon to get in front of your drs
Keep in mind navigation. SYK sucked there. Also keep in mind Intuitive. The real users of the daVinci are the OB/GYN's because they have no laparoscopic surgical skills. All the robot does is increase cost tremendously. The new Affordablecare won't pay for that kind of cost.
MAKO was a good purchase for SYK. I have three current Persona users who also use Mako on their pfa/UNI patients. The concern is that since MAKO is brining them patients, that SYK will leverage that business to turn TKA over. Persona is working great for me, but you can't sell against a platform that drives a customer's patient book. It's a problem.
Just heard from my Stryker rep that they and MAKO are all on one team and they will now both be compensated for Mako procedures! He smiled and said let the games begin. Reason why it came up is this was a Zuk user who is now trying Mako Styrker as backup TKA not me BTW he uses stryker hips we had better wake up
Mako is popping up everywhere in my accounts and yes even my loyal surgeons are looking at this technology.
Surgeons I thought had no interest in Mako are now doing Mako cases. Lost 2 ZUK users and now my top doc has scheduled 2 hips with Stryker / MAKO.