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NILESH M PATEL
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NILESH M PATEL

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
21031 MICHIGAN AVE, DEARBORN, MI, 48124-2339
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DR. NILESH PATEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

66

payments

$34,000

payment total

12

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Consulting
 11 $21,864
Royalty or License
 4 $9,155
Food and Beverage
 43 $1,519
Travel and Lodging
 8 $1,463

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $11,017
VENTURA NANOMETALENE

device

 $8,338
COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE*

device

 $5,443
HARRIER SA

device

 $4,921
VU APOD PRIME

device

 $2,000
MARINER

device

 $501
ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM

device

 $424
BLACKBIRD

device

 $293
BLACKHAWK

device

 $293
TIGER SHARK

device

 $293
TOMCAT

device

 $293
VEO

device

 $293
O-ARM-SPINE

device

 $236
PRESTIGE

device

 $168
ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE

device

 $125
RIALTO

device

 $123
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $88
NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY

device

 $78
PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $73
AXOGUARD NERVE CONNECTOR

device

 $56
AXOGUARD NERVE PROTECTOR

device

 $56
COFLEX

device

 $56
OSTEOSTRAND

device

 $40
ANCHORKNOT

device

 $34
ELEVATE

device

 $24
IVS - NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

 $18
EVZIO

drug

 $12
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $12
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Oct 29, 2018 $5,750 VENTURA NANOMETALENE Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
Jun 1, 2018 $4,921 HARRIER SA Consulting CHOICE SPINE, LLC
Aug 29, 2018 $3,443 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC. Patel Advisors LLC
Aug 13, 2018 $2,568 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
May 10, 2018 $2,480 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $2,193 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $2,000 VU APOD PRIME Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
Nov 13, 2018 $1,914 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $1,500 VENTURA NANOMETALENE Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
May 4, 2018 $1,400 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC. Patel Advisors LLC
Oct 29, 2018 $1,000 VENTURA NANOMETALENE Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
Dec 18, 2018 $750 No Listed Product Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
May 7, 2018 $500 No Listed Product Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
Aug 2, 2018 $406 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
Jan 11, 2018 $400 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $368 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 15, 2018 $271 BLACKHAWK TIGER SHARK BLACKBIRD TOMCAT VEO Travel and Lodging CHOICE SPINE, LLC
Nov 19, 2018 $200 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC. Patel Advisors LLC
Dec 13, 2018 $159 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $142 MARINER Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Apr 17, 2018 $125 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $124 PRESTIGE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $106 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CAMBER SPINE TECHNOLOGIES
Aug 10, 2018 $103 MARINER Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $86 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION PATEL ADVISORS LLC
May 11, 2018 $80 RIALTO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $78 VENTURA NANOMETALENE NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 13, 2018 $70 MARINER Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 13, 2018 $64 MARINER Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $56 AXOGUARD NERVE CONNECTOR AXOGUARD NERVE PROTECTOR Food and Beverage AXOGEN
Aug 14, 2018 $56 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $56 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Dec 13, 2018 $44 PRESTIGE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $44 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $44 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $40 OSTEOSTRAND Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $34 ANCHORKNOT Food and Beverage BAYLIS MEDICAL COMPANY INC Credit Card Reimbursement
Aug 10, 2018 $34 MARINER Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $30 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $25 MARINER Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 12, 2018 $24 MARINER Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Jan 13, 2018 $22 BLACKHAWK TIGER SHARK BLACKBIRD TOMCAT VEO Food and Beverage CHOICE SPINE, LLC
Jul 24, 2018 $20 MARINER Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 12, 2018 $19 MARINER Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
May 29, 2018 $18 IVS - NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 22, 2018 $16 RIALTO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $15 RIALTO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
May 21, 2018 $13 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $13 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $13 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $13 ELEVATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $12 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $12 EVZIO Food and Beverage KALEO, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $12 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $12 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $12 RIALTO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $11 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $11 ELEVATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $10 VENTURA NANOMETALENE Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $10 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $8 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $8 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $7 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $7 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $6 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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