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Stryker Mako Restoris MCK knee implant lawsuit removed to federal court (Perry v. Stryker/Mako)
S2 · ~Jul 2018 · Stryker Mako
Record
| Company | Stryker Mako |
| Industry | Medical robotics |
| Type(s) | recall |
| Date | ~Jul 2018 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (minor injury or single-unit damage) |
| Scale | individual implant failure, part of broader MCK litigation |
| Confidence | low |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A knee implant lawsuit alleged the Mako Restoris Multicompartmental Knee (MCK) implant system, designed for use with Mako robotic-assisted surgery, failed less than a year after implantation, requiring hospitalization and revision surgery; the case was removed to federal court as part of a broader implant-failure litigation.
Primary source
Publisher: AboutLawsuits.com · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Jul 2018 | Stryker Mako Restoris MCK knee implant lawsuit removed to federal court (Perry v. Stryker/Mako) | AboutLawsuits.com | AboutLawsuits.com |
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