Patent ID: 7591836

Claim:
A multifunction surgical device for positioning a bone engaging element with respect to a component of a spinal fixation system and for attaching the bone engaging element to the component of the spinal fixation system, the surgical device comprising: a translating member having a reduction axis and having an attachment device at a distal end capable of engaging a bone engaging element implanted in a vertebra; a driving and attaching device coaxial with the translating member; and capable of non-rotationally axially driving the translating member along the reduction axis for translating a bone engaging element removably engaged with the attachment device of the translating member and implanted in a vertebra to an attachment position with respect to a component of a spinal fixation system while engaging a component of the spinal fixation system with a portion of the driving and attaching device, the driving and attaching device capable of attaching a fastener to the bone engaging element removably engaged with the translating member; wherein the translating member comprises a threaded portion at the distal end thereof; and wherein the threaded portion of the translating member comprises a timed thread that can be positively rotationally aligned with a threaded portion of the bone engaging element wherein a threaded fastener can be uninterruptedly driven from the threaded portion of the translating member to the threaded portion of the bone engaging element.