Surgical screw cartridge for rapidly and accurately loading surgical screws onto a driver

摘要

A surgical screw cartridge system apparatus and method is provided wherein the cartridge has a body for storing a plurality of surgical screws. A spring-biased plunger is positioned within the body for presenting the surgical screws head first to a driver. A tab within the body prevents removal of the surgical screws from the body in absence of a screwdriver.

主权项

1. A surgical screw cartridge system comprising:
a body having a cavity for storing a plurality of surgical screws in a tandem manner; a biased plunger positioned within said body for presenting a surgical screw head-first to a screwdriver along a linear axis of travel; opposing tabs preventing removal of a surgical screw from said body in absence of an insertion of the screwdriver within said body, each said tab being cantileverly supported from first radial position, said tab having a lower blocker portion at a second radial position and wherein said second radial position is less of a radial distance from said plunger linear axis of travel than said first radial position and said second radial position is more adjacent to said plunger than said first radial position and said tabs from said first radial positions to said second radial positions having a first section with a curvilinear shape with an outer radius of curvature transitioning into a second section with an inner radius of curvature.