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Michael C. Sherman — 130 Patents

SDSdgi: 49 patents #1 of 210Top 1%
WOWarsaw Orthopedic: 47 patents #23 of 894Top 3%
DMDanek Medical: 13 patents #1 of 49Top 3%
Medtronic: 5 patents #1,829 of 6,367Top 30%
SPSimplify Medical Pty: 4 patents #7 of 9Top 80%
SRSmith & Nephew Richards: 2 patents #28 of 116Top 25%
STSurgical Navigation Technologies: 2 patents #18 of 47Top 40%
ATAxis Spine Technologies: 2 patents #7 of 11Top 65%
NUNuvasive: 1 patents #227 of 328Top 70%
Memphis, TN: #2 of 1,908 inventorsTop 1%
Tennessee: #17 of 20,272 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #8,439 of 4,157,543Top 1%
130 Patents All Time
Michael C. Sherman has been granted 130 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sdgi. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in September 2025. Michael C. Sherman ranks #8,439 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.20%). Patent records list Michael C. Sherman in Memphis, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2010.peak 101991: 2 patents19911993: 2 patents1994: 3 patents1995: 3 patents19951997: 5 patents1998: 5 patents1999: 9 patents19992000: 8 patents2001: 9 patents2002: 5 patents20022003: 5 patents2004: 3 patents2006: 7 patents20062007: 4 patents2008: 3 patents2009: 5 patents20092010: 10 patents2011: 10 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 4 patents2014: 8 patents2015: 5 patents20152017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 4 patents2024: 4 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 130 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426951 Robotic system and method for bone preparation for intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, David Hovda 2025-09-30
12144742 Implant system and methods of use Randal R. Betz, Dale Whipple, Charlie Barfield, Dimitri Protopsaltis, Marc Burel 2024-11-19
12137892 Insertion instruments Jonathan ARCOS, Christopher Reah, Charles Barfield 2024-11-12
12121233 Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy systems and methods Robert Glen Coleman, Dimitri Protopsaltis 2024-10-22
12115086 Assemblies for determining height and angle of an intervertebral device Jonathan ARCOS, Christopher Reah, Charles Barfield 2024-10-15
11819424 Robot assisted intervertebral disc prosthesis selection and implantation system Yves Arramon, David Hovda 2023-11-21
11813179 Robotic systems and methods for distraction in intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, David Hovda 2023-11-14
11648058 Robotic system and method for bone preparation for intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, David Hovda 2023-05-16
11571206 Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy systems and methods Robert Glen Coleman, Dimitri Protopsaltis 2023-02-07
11160672 Robotic systems and methods for distraction in intervertebral disc prosthesis implantation Yves Arramon, David Hovda 2021-11-02
9918754 Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures Jeff R. Justis, Kevin T. Foley 2018-03-20
9597127 Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures Jeff R. Justis, Kevin T. Foley 2017-03-21
9179948 Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures Kevin T. Foley, Jeff Justis 2015-11-10
RE45509 Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation Kevin T. Foley, John B. Clayton, Anthony J. Melkent 2015-05-05
9011543 Methods for augmenting or repairing intervertebral discs with allogenic/xenogenic implants Hai H. Trieu, William F. McKay, Jon C. Serbousek 2015-04-21
8961524 Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures Kevin T. Foley, Jeff R. Justis 2015-02-24
8945187 Spinal rods having different flexural rigidities about different axes and methods of use Jeff R. Justis, Fred J. Molz, IV 2015-02-03
8911480 Non-metallic implant devices and intra-operative methods for assembly and fixation Hai H. Trieu, Jeff R. Justis, Troy D. Drewry, Bradley J. Coates, Bradley T. Estes 2014-12-16
8900275 Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures Jeff R. Justis, Kevin T. Foley 2014-12-02
8888817 Systems and methods for spinal stabilization with flexible elements Roy K. Lim, Kevin T. Foley 2014-11-18
8858599 Systems and methods for flexible spinal stabilization Hai H. Trieu, Jeff R. Justis 2014-10-14
8758407 Methods for positioning a load-bearing orthopedic implant device in vivo Dimitri Protopsaltis, Jeff R. Justis, Hai H. Trieu 2014-06-24
8721685 Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures Kevin T. Foley, Jeff R. Justis 2014-05-13
8663328 Methods for positioning a load-bearing component of an orthopedic implant device by inserting a malleable device that hardens in vivo Jeff R. Justis, Dimitri Protopsaltis, Hai H. Trieu 2014-03-04
8632524 Injectable biocompatible material delivery system Hai H. Trieu, Jeff R. Justis, Dimitri Protopsaltis 2014-01-21