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Sign up for Becker's Orthopedic, Spine Business & Pain Management E-Weeklies at www.BeckersOrthopedicandSpine.com or call (800) 417-2035 23 Gary Michelson, MD, invented a minimally invasive spine implants, anterior cervical plating systems and interbody spinal fusion systems. Krzysztof B. Siemionow, MD, holds several patents for developing devices and technology used during nerve and spine surgery. Warren Neely, MD, is co-founder and CMO for Wenzel Spine. He participated in the development of new stand-alone lumbar fusion technology. Paul Slosar, MD, is the medical director of Titan Spine, a spine device company. Seth Neubardt, MD, is the sole inventor of several medical patents, including one for a spinal procedure to safely insert screws. Jeffrey Thramann, MD, is co-founder and chairman of the board of directors at Lanx, a spine device company. Pierce D. Nunley, MD, has been involved in the design and development of several spinal implants used throughout the world. Scott G. Tromanhauser, MD, is co-founder of Cortek, Inc., where the spinal fusion products are based on his patents. Said Osman, MD, was involved in developing devices, including the Unidirectional Dynamic Spinal Fixation Device and co-founded Spine Plus. Jeffrey Wang, MD, is the inventor of an artificial disc for spine surgery. Tushar Ch. Patel, MD, holds six patents for spinal implants. Sherwin J. Wayne, MD, invented a positioning device for lumbar spine surgery to improve operative exposure and minimize blood loss. Miguelangelo J. Perez-Cruet, MD, has been involved in the invention of a minimally invasive percutaneous pedicle screw and slotted rod assembly. Richard Wohns, MD, is co-founder of U.S. Radiosurgery, a company that developed and managed Gamma Knife and Cyberknife Radiosurgery centers. Kenneth A. Pettine, MD, is co-inventor and co-designer of the Maverick Artificial Disc, a disc replacement device. Eric Woodard, MD, is the chief medical officer of InVivo Therapeutics, focused on finding solutions for patients with spinal cord injury. Madhavan Pisharodi, MD, has secured 25 patents and won FDA approval for four, including implants he developed for spine surgery. Christopher Yeung, MD, helped develop RISE, an expandable interbody lumbar cage which is designed for use with endoscopic fusions. Mark A. Reiley, MD, is the CMO, inventor and founder of SI-BONE. He developed the Kyphon system and Archus Orthopedics RDFAS system. Anthony T. Yeung, MD, developed the FDA-approved Yeung Endoscopic Spine System. Seyed M. Rezaian, MD, is the inventor of the New External Bone Fixator and Rezaian Spinal Fixator. Steven Zielinski, MD, holds a patent for an artificial spinal implant that was developed for insertion between vertebrae during surgery. Andrew A. Sama, MD, helped design spine implants and invented the Integrated Spine System and Pagoda Spine System. Thomas Zdeblick, MD, designed and invented the Z-plate anterior thoracolumbar spinal fixation, Novus interbody lordotic fusion cage and LT Cage. Harvinder Sandhu, MD, is actively engaged in the development and invention of medical devices and instruments. He holds several patents. Christian G. Zimmerman, MD, holds patents for pedicle screw use including an anchoring device for osteoporotic bone and an expanding screw design. Rick Sasso, MD, has approval for a patent for instruments and techniques for spine surgery. Jim Zucherman, MD, is the inventor and co-developer of the X-Stop. He is in the process of developing the Starflex device through Spartek. n David G. Schwartz, MD, is the inventor of the Anteres Spinal Instrumentation System, which is used for the treatment of spinal fractures, scoliosis and tumors. Lali Sekhon, MD, holds 12 patents on eight products related to spine surgery. John E. 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