Top Inventors at Zimmer Spine 2017
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles R. Forton | 5 |
| 2 | Hugh D. Hestad | 5 |
| 3 | Bruce A. Riceman | 3 |
| #4 | Eric P. Jerke | 3 |
| #5 | Eric J. Lundequam | 3 |
| #6 | Jack A. Dant | 3 |
| #7 | Larry T. Khoo | 3 |
| #8 | Michael E. Landry | 3 |
| #9 | Peter Thomas Miller | 3 |
| #10 | Alan E. Shluzas | 2 |
| #11 | Deborah Lynn Hoch | 2 |
| #12 | Robert J. Jones | 2 |
| #13 | Andrew Olson | 1 |
| #14 | Brian Bergeron | 1 |
| #15 | David W. Castleman | 1 |
| #16 | David Nuckley | 1 |
| #17 | Emily E. King | 1 |
| #18 | Emmanuel Zylber | 1 |
| #19 | Erik J. Wagner | 1 |
| #20 | Gilles Larroque-Lahitette | 1 |
| #21 | James J. Pagliuca | 1 |
| #22 | Jason Piehl | 1 |
| #23 | Jeremy J. Lemoine | 1 |
| #24 | John D. Unger | 1 |
| #25 | Kameron Scott Ely | 1 |
| #26 | Krishna Vedula | 1 |
| #27 | Margaret E. Mitchell | 1 |
| #28 | Mark Rice | 1 |
| #29 | Matthew E. Seelig | 1 |
| #30 | Michael Scott Hisey | 1 |
| #31 | Thomas W. Davison | 1 |
| #32 | Peter Schulte | 1 |
| #33 | Reginald James Davis | 1 |
| #34 | Richard D. Guyer | 1 |
| #35 | Stephen H. Hochschuler | 1 |