MICHELSON TECHNOLOGY AT WORK

Dr. Michelson is a board certified orthopedic fellowship trained spinal surgeon who has dedicated his life to the search for more effective treatments for the most debilitating of spinal disorders and to the relief of spinal pain.

Motivated by the plight of his maternal grandmother — a tennis champion in her youth — later crippled by neurogenic spinal degeneration, Dr. Michelson resolved to teach himself all that was known about these diseases and their treatments. Dissatisfied with the available treatments, the doctor went on to invent comprehensive spinal surgical systems including integrated instruments, operative methods and medical implants. These have become the foundation for many of the modern surgical treatments used for major spinal disorders. Dr. Michelson's inventions are also central to many minimally invasive spinal surgery systems, anterior cervical plating systems, interbody spinal fusion systems, and systems for implanting spinal motion preserving devices such as artificial discs.

AFFINITY® System
ALIF Guide Tube Instrument Set
ANTERIOR FREE HAND INSTRUMENTS
Anterior Laparoscopic Instrument Set
ARCUATE™ and ARCUATE™ XP Systems
ATLANTIS VISION® System
ATLANTIS® System
Balloon Kyphoplasty
BASIS™ Vertebral Body Spacer
BOOMERANG® System
BRYAN® ACCEL System
BRYAN® Cervical Disc System
BUTTERFLY™ System
Cage Removal Instrument Set
CAPSTONE™ System
Cement Restrictor Implants
CLYDESDALE™ or VERTE-STACK® CLYDESDALE™ System
CORNERSTSONE™ System
CRESCENT™ or VERTE-STACK® CRESCENT™
Cylindrical Endoscopic Instrument Set
DIRECT LATERAL™ System
HYDROSORB™ Mesh Implants
I-FLY™ Implant
INDUCTOS™ bone graft in combination with LT-CAGE® Implants
INFUSE® bone graft in combination with LT-CAGE®, INTER FIX™ OR INTER FIX® RP Implants
INTER FIX™ RP System
INTER FIX™ System
INTREPID™ System
KIDNEY BEAN MESH Implant
KYPHON® LATITUDE II™ Curette
"Kyphoplasty Products Employing the Steps:

LORDOTEC™ System
LT-CAGE® System
MD I through MD IV System
METRx™ II System
METRx™ RADIANCE X System
METRx™ System
METRx™ X-TUBE System
MYSTIQUE™ System
NOVUS™ System
Other fusion promoting substances if and to the extent promoted for use in combination with any interbody fusion implant
PERIMETER® System
PLIF Guide Tube Instrument Set
PRECISION GRAFT™ System
PREMIER® System
PYRAMESH™ Implants
PYRAMETRIX® ADVANCE System
PYRAMETRIX® PLUS System
TANGENT® System
Tapered Laparoscopic System
TELAMON® System
TRI-60™ System
UNION™ System
VENTURE™ System
VERTE-STACK® System
ZEPHIR™ System

Dr. Michelson has proven to be the most prolific and substantive inventor in spinal surgery with 787 issued or pending patents in the United States and throughout the world. His inventions have made the surgeon's job easier and substantially lessened the burdens on the patient. Procedures incorporating the Michelson inventions have been associated with smaller incisions, reduced blood loss, shortened surgical times, less discomfort, quicker rehabilitation, improved results, and decreased costs overall.

The Michelson Seal is proudly displayed by Medtronic Sofamor Danek in conjunction with all systems incorporating the inventions of Dr. Michelson.

G. Karlin Michelson, M.D.