LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MAKO Surgical Corp. MAKO ("MAKO") announced that MAKO stockholders voted at a special meeting of stockholders held today to approve the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") providing for the merger of MAKO with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of Stryker Corporation SYK. Based on a tabulation of the stockholder vote, approximately 99% of all votes cast, which represents approximately 65% of all outstanding shares on November 12, 2013, the record date for the special meeting, were voted in favor of the merger.