Patent ID: 8460305

Claim:
A cannulated surgical screw adapter, providing a secure connection between a head of an externally threaded cannulated surgical screw and a dispenser filled with a bone filler cement, to inject the bone filler cement through a longitudinal bore in said cannulated surgical screw into a bone void within a bone undergoing a surgical repair, said adapter comprising: an upper member defining an expanded upper dispenser receiving collar defining an inner threaded cylindrical chamber, an external lateral thread upon an elongated shaft, a lower nipple extending from said elongated shaft further defining a cylindrical tip and a central bore from said inner threaded cylindrical chamber through said cylindrical tip, and a lower member defining an expanded upper portion and having an internal threaded inner cavity receiving said external lateral threads of said elongated shaft of said upper member, and a lower portion defining an inner contoured head cradle, a lower circular screw neck support, and a lateral cannulated screw insertion port, wherein a lower end of said dispenser is secured within said inner threaded cylindrical chamber of said upper dispenser receiving collar while said head of said cannulated surgical screw is inserted through said lateral cannulated screw insertion port into said contoured head cradle, said elongated shaft of said upper member further inserted into said internal threaded inner cavity of said lower member until said cylindrical tip is secured within said longitudinal bore of said cannulated surgical screw to inject said bone filler cement into said longitudinal bore into the bone void within which said cannulated surgical screw has been installed.