ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,746, issued on June 10, was assigned to GS Solutions Inc. (Santa Ana, Calif.).

"Implant, system including implant, and method of using system" was invented by Hanjin Shin (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant includes a plate having a plurality of fastener holes, the plurality of fastener holes being configured to receive a plurality of fasteners, respectively; a spacer coupled to the plate and configured to be inserted into a treatment region; and a fastener lock movably coupled to the plate and configured to lock the plurality of fasteners."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2022, under Application No. 17...