Patent ID: 8236006
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A one step entry pedicular preparation device and system comprising: a guide pin having a first end having a sharp point and a second end opposite the first end; a manipulator having a main body having a first end and a second end, a rotation facilitation structure attached adjacent said second end of said main body, said main body having a main barrel bore extending through said main body from said second end of said main body to said first end of said main body; a pedicle dart having a first end having a narrowed tip and a second open end for user selectable rotatable fixed engagement by said first end of said main body, said pedicle dart having bone tissue engaging threads adjacent said first end of said pedicle dart and a pedicle dart guide pin through bore extending completely through said pedicle dart from said first end to said second open end and aligned with said main barrel bore of said main body of said manipulator, said pedicle dart guide pin through bore and said main barrel bore sized to admit said guide pin first end insertion through said barrel bore second end of said main body, through and beyond said first end of said pedicle dart when said pedicle dart is engaged with said manipulator; wherein the manipulator main body includes a protruding key nearer the first end of the main body than the second end of the main body, and wherein the pedicle dart includes a slot adjacent the second open end of the pedicle dart sized to interfit with the protruding key when the first end of said main body is inserted through the second open end of the pedicle dart to actuate said pedicle dart in at least one direction.