Patent ID: 6077267
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A61B,B25B,F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A driver for an absorbable bone screw, comprising:a) an apertured outer member including a handle portion with a closed end and a coaxial open tube portion extending from said handle portion, said tube portion having inner and outer tube walls;b) a plurality of driver elements equiangularly disposed about and extending from said tube portion parallel to the longitudinal axis, each driver element being wholly disposed between said inner and outer tube walls and not extending into the opening of said tube portion;c) a rod member threaded at opposite ends thereof, one of said threaded ends extending through and from said tube portion remote from said driver elements and the other of said threaded ends extending through and from said closed end; andd) a nut threadedly engaged with said other one threaded end and engageable with said closed end so that, after an absorbable bone screw has been threaded onto said one threaded end and has received said driver elements, said nut may be rotated into engagement with said closed end for thereby displacing said rod member and causing the screw to be firmly secured to said tube portion.