B25B23/065

FASTENER CARTRIDGE

A fastener cartridge can be used with a shaft of a tool during an orthopedic procedure. The fastener cartridge can have a main housing that can be attached to fastener housing including a fastener chamber and a backstop component. The fastener chamber includes a plurality of non-flexible tabs and the backstop component includes a plurality of resiliently flexible tabs. The fastener housing is configured to include a plurality of fasteners that are arranged therein such that the longitudinal axes of the fastener chamber and the plurality of fasteners are collinear. The plurality non-flexible tabs prevent one of the fasteners from inadvertently passing entirely out of an outlet of the fastener chamber and the plurality of resiliently flexible tabs allow the fasteners to move axially in the first direction and restrict movement of the fasteners in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Autofeed screwdriver attachment with clamp-on connector

A clamping connector for an autofeed attachment for a screwdriver tool. The connector has a cam action lever that actuates a clamp. The lever moves between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the clamp slightly deforms to hold the autofeed attachment onto an extension pole and/or the front end of a screwdriver tool (or electric drill). The connector, while either in its clamped or open state, includes an open central region that allows a rotatable shaft or drive bit to pass therethrough, unimpeded. The connector includes a washer with a flat portion that prevents improper axial rotation of the lever as the lever is actuated, or at any stable position. The flat extension helps guide the lever into pivoting along a longitudinal axis of the attachment. An adjustable bolt adjusts the clamping force, and secures the lever, washer, and clamp together on the autofeed attachment.