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Troy B. Woolley — 46 Patents

NUNuvasive: 44 patents #10 of 328Top 4%
IIIn Queue Innovations: 2 patents #7 of 15Top 50%
San Diego, CA: #736 of 23,606 inventorsTop 4%
California: #9,249 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #62,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
46 Patents All Time
Troy B. Woolley has been granted 46 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nuvasive. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in September 2025. Troy B. Woolley ranks #62,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Troy B. Woolley in San Diego, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2018.peak 62005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112013: 3 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 4 patents2018: 6 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 4 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 2 patents2024: 5 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426866 Surgical access system and related methods James Coleman Lee, Benjamin VerHage, Michael Serra, Brian Snider, Matthew Schwartz 2025-09-30
12318081 Systems and methods for performing spine surgery Niall Patrick Casey, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bradley A. Heiges +1 more 2025-06-03
12035903 Method and apparatus for performing spinal fusion surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson, Antoine G. Tohmeh 2024-07-16
12029453 Method and apparatus for performing spinal surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson 2024-07-09
12011197 Method and apparatus for performing spinal surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson 2024-06-18
11969162 Systems and methods for performing spine surgery Niall Patrick Casey, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bradley A. Heiges +1 more 2024-04-30
11911078 Method and apparatus for performing spinal surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson 2024-02-27
11759196 Method and apparatus for performing spinal fusion surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson, Antoine G. Tohmeh 2023-09-19
11638652 Systems and methods for spinal fusion Luiz Pimenta, Jared Arambula, Benjamin VerHage, Patrick Miles 2023-05-02 $15,839,000
11457907 Surgical access system and related methods James Coleman Lee, Benjamin VerHage, Michael Serra, Brian Snider, Matthew Schwartz 2022-10-04 $4,924,000
11154288 Method and apparatus for performing spinal fusion surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson, Antoine G. Tohmeh 2021-10-26 $20,710,000
10980525 Surgical access system and related methods James Coleman Lee, Benjamin VerHage, Michael Serra, Brian Snider, Matthew Schwartz 2021-04-20 $8,348,000
10980527 Systems and methods for performing spine surgery Niall Patrick Casey, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bradley A. Heiges +1 more 2021-04-20 $8,348,000
10980576 Method and apparatus for performing spinal surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson 2021-04-20 $8,348,000
10667927 Expandable fusion cage system Andrew Lamborne, Patrick Hunt, Joel Helgerson, Richard G. Fessler, Clint Hill +3 more 2020-06-02
10231724 Method and apparatus for performing spinal fusion surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson, Antoine G. Tohmeh 2019-03-19 $12,537,000
10172515 Surgical access system and related methods James Coleman Lee, Benjamin VerHage, Michael Serra, Brian Snider, Matthew Schwartz 2019-01-08 $9,421,000
10172652 Method and apparatus for performing spinal surgery Nathan Lovell, Michael Serra, Mark Peterson 2019-01-08 $9,421,000
10098625 Systems and methods for performing spine surgery Niall Patrick Casey, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bradley A. Heiges +1 more 2018-10-16 $8,565,000
10039650 Expandable fusion cage system Andrew Lamborne, Patrick Hunt, Joel Helgerson, Richard G. Fessler, Clint Hill +3 more 2018-08-07
9924859 Surgical access system and related methods James Coleman Lee, Benjamin VerHage, Michael Serra, Brian Snider, Matthew Schwartz 2018-03-27 $10,034,000
9924933 System and methods for performing spinal fusion surgery Nathan Lovell 2018-03-27 $10,034,000
D814028 Retractor blade Niall Patrick Casey, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bradley A. Heiges +1 more 2018-03-27
9918852 System and methods for spinal fusion Luiz Pimenta, Jared Arambula, Benjamin VerHage, Patrick Miles 2018-03-20 $19,800,000
D789530 Retractor blade Niall Patrick Casey, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bradley A. Heiges +1 more 2017-06-13