Dr. Michelson at the IP Awareness Summit 2020 at The University of California, Berkeley
The Michelson 20MM Foundation
What motivates the world’s greatest inventors? How do they commercialize their groundbreaking technologies? There is so much to learn from geniuses like Dr. Gary Michelson, one of the most prolific inventors in the history of medicine. The sole named inventor on every one of his more than 950 issued patents, his development of new implants, surgical procedures, and instruments required to carry out those procedures transformed the field of spinal surgery.
Now his inventions are the most dominant way both common spinal disorders as well as debilitating conditions are treated throughout the world. Millions of people have already benefited from his commitment to improving outcomes for spinal surgery patients and his success as an independent inventor.
In 2005, he became a billionaire when he reached a settlement with…