ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,254, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Bone stabilization systems" was invented by Christina M. Tiongson (Norristown, Pa.), Jeffrey S. Lueth (Collegeville, Pa.), Zachary C. Shiner (Philadelphia), David R. Jansen (Glenmoore, Pa.) and Lauren E. Gray (West Grove, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aiming guide system configured for connection to a bone plate including an aiming arm and a connection assembly. The aiming arm has a rigid body extending from a proximal end to a distal end with a plurality of aiming holes defined through the rigid body between the proximal end and the distal end there...