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Article: Immersion Enters High-Growth Robotic Surgery Market.
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- Business Wire
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- May 4, 2009
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR), the leading innovator of haptic (touch feedback) technology, today announced that MAKO Surgical Corp. (NASDAQ: MAKO), a leading innovator in robotically-assisted orthopedic surgery, has obtained a worldwide license to Immersion's haptic patents for use in its orthopedic robotic products. MAKO is the first surgical robotics licensee for Immersion.
Worldwide robotic markets amounted to $626.5 million in 2007, reached $1 billion in 2008, and are forecasted to achieve $14 billion by 2014. (Piribo). Building on its unique expertise and worldwide penetration in minimally invasive surgical advanced simulation, ...