Patent ID: 8075579

Claim:
A pedicle dart system comprising: a guide pin having a first pointed end and a second end opposite the first end; a pedicle dart fastener having a manual actuation knob at a first end and a set of external threads at a second end, the pedicle dart fastener having a first guide pin through bore sized to freely enable the guide pin to axially pass therethrough; an indexed sleeve having a handle end and a first indexed end, and having a central bore through which the pedicle dart fastener may freely pass limited only by the manual actuation knob of the pedicle dart fastener; a pedicle dart having a first tip end and a second indexed end for engaging the first indexed end of the indexed sleeve, the pedicle dart having a set of internal threads engageable and disengagable with the set of external threads at the second end of the pedicle dart fastener to draw the pedicle dart toward the indexed sleeve; the pedicle dart also having a second guide pin through bore sized to freely enable the guide pin to axially pass therethrough, the engagement of the first indexed end of the indexed sleeve and the second indexed end of the pedicle dart for enabling rotational force and displacement of the indexed sleeve to be transmitted to the pedicle dart.