#$%^&*AU2013202510A120130502.pdf#####ABSTRACT A polyaxial bone screw including: a head having a channel adapted to receive an elongate rod and having a lower aperture a shank having a lower portion 5 adapted to be implanted in a bone of a patient and an upper portion said shank being sized and shaped to be uploaded into said head through said aperture and said shank upper portion being sized and shaped so as to extend into said channel after said shank is received in said head. irn877437 Divisional.doc