Screw and driver for securing a bone block

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1992-08-17

1995-06-13

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606104, A61B 1758

Patent

active

054238196

ABSTRACT:
A screw and driver combination designed so that the screw is releasably axially couplable with the driver and so that the screw is positively rotatably engageable with the driver. The screw comprises an axial bore of circular cross section and a counterbore of polygonal cross section. The driver comprises a radially-compressible front portion sized to engage the axial bore of the screw with a minor spring interference fit and an intermediate portion sized to positively rotatably engage the counterbore of the screw.

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