Bone Screw Fixation System
A bone screw fixation system includes a bone screw body having a screw head at one end of the screw and a screw tip at an opposite end of the screw, the screw head having an internal complex geometric shaped drive and internal threads within the screw head; and a screw inserter compatible with the screw head and having a complex geometric shaped drive configured to matingly engage the internal complex geometric shaped drive of the screw head and a threaded tip configured to thread into the internal threads of the screw head.
1 . A bone screw fixation system, comprising:
a bone screw body having a screw head at one end of the screw and a screw tip at an opposite end of the screw, the screw head having an internal complex geometric shaped drive and internal threads within the screw head; and
a screw inserter compatible with the screw head and having a complex geometric shaped drive configured to matingly engage the internal complex geometric shaped drive of the screw head and a threaded tip configured to thread into the internal threads of the screw head.
2 . The fixation system of claim 1 , wherein in the bone screw body includes head threads directly attached to the bone screw body and continuous around the screw head of the screw; tip threads directly attached to the screw body and continuous around the screw tip of the bone screw; and overhanging thread portions between the head threads and the tip threads, the overhanging thread portions being spaced apart, with unthreaded channels between the overhanging thread portions and the overhanging thread portions overhanging a portion of the unthreaded channels
3 . The fixation system of claim 1 , wherein the bone screw body includes one or more windows between the screw head and the screw tip.
4 . The fixation system of claim 1 , wherein the bone screw body is made by 3-D printing.
5 . A bone screw fixation system, comprising:
a pin configured to have a distal end installable into a bone;
a tissue dilator placeable over the pin with a distal end of the dilator proximate the distal end of the pin such that the pin extends past a proximal end of the tissue dilator; and
a depth gauge having depth markings thereon, the depth gauge being positionable onto the proximal end of the dilator, wherein a proximal end of the pin substantially aligns with one of the depth markings to designate a length dimension; and
a bone screw installable into the bone, the bone screw having a body having a screw head at one end of the screw, a screw tip at an opposite end of the screw, and a cannula extending from the screw head to the screw tip, wherein the bone screw has a length and the length of the bone screw is selected to correspond to the length dimension designated by the depth marking of the depth gauge that the proximal end of the pin is substantially aligned with.