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David Hovda — 85 Patents

ARArthrocare: 39 patents #4 of 146Top 3%
SPSimplify Medical Pty: 27 patents #3 of 9Top 35%
SPSpinalmotion: 14 patents #2 of 8Top 25%
GMGlobus Medical: 2 patents #349 of 575Top 65%
NUNuvasive: 2 patents #168 of 328Top 55%
SMSimplify Medical: 1 patents #5 of 5Top 100%
Mountain View, CA: #84 of 11,022 inventorsTop 1%
California: #3,091 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #20,018 of 4,157,543Top 1%
85 Patents All Time
David Hovda has been granted 85 US patents while listed as an inventor at Arthrocare. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in September 2025. David Hovda ranks #20,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.48%). Patent records list David Hovda in Mountain View, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 85 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426951 Robotic system and method for bone preparation for intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, Michael C. Sherman 2025-09-30
12295857 Intervertebral prosthesis Yves Arramon 2025-05-13
12109124 Intervertebral spacer that dynamically promotes bone growth Yves Arramon 2024-10-08
12029656 Customized intervertebral prosthetic disc with shock absorption Malan de Villiers, James Shapiro 2024-07-09 $15,101,000
11911286 Intervertebral prosthesis Yves Arramon 2024-02-27
11857438 Methods and apparatus for intervertebral disc prosthesis insertion Malan de Villiers, Ulrich Hahnle 2024-01-02
11819424 Robot assisted intervertebral disc prosthesis selection and implantation system Yves Arramon, Michael C. Sherman 2023-11-21
11813179 Robotic systems and methods for distraction in intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, Michael C. Sherman 2023-11-14
11744713 Intervertebral spacer that dynamically promotes bone growth Yves Arramon 2023-09-05
11648058 Robotic system and method for bone preparation for intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, Michael C. Sherman 2023-05-16
11364129 Method and spacer device for spanning a space formed upon removal of an intervertebral disc Yves Arramon 2022-06-21
11344428 Intervertebral prosthesis Yves Arramon 2022-05-31
11229526 Customized intervertebral prosthetic disc with shock absorption Malan de Villiers, James Shapiro 2022-01-25
11207191 Intervertebral spacer that dynamically promotes bone growth Yves Arramon 2021-12-28
11160672 Robotic systems and methods for distraction in intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, Michael C. Sherman 2021-11-02
10888437 Methods and apparatus for intervertebral disc prosthesis insertion Malan de Villiers, Ulrich Hahnle 2021-01-12
10548739 Customized intervertebral prosthetic disc with shock absorption Malan de Villiers, James Shapiro 2020-02-04
RE47796 Posterior spinal device and method Malan de Villiers 2020-01-07
10426628 Intervertebral prosthesis Yves Arramon 2019-10-01
RE47470 Vertebral body placement and method for spanning a space formed upon removal of a vertebral body Yves Arramon 2019-07-02
10206785 Methods and systems for enhancing radiographic images of radiolucent implants Yves Arramon, Mark Alvis, Lisa Metelman 2019-02-19
10130494 Methods and apparatus for intervertebral disc prosthesis insertion Malan de Villiers, Ulrich Hahnle 2018-11-20
10085853 Methods and apparatus for intervertebral disc prosthesis insertion Malan de Villiers, Ulrich Hahnle 2018-10-02
10085848 Intervertebral spacer that dynamically promotes bone growth Yves Arramon 2018-10-02
9956091 Methods and apparatus for intervertebral disc prosthesis insertion Malan de Villiers, Ulrich Hahnle 2018-05-01