Abstract: A modular pedicle screw assembly for immobilisation and stabilisation of spinal segments in a patient. One example of the modular pedicle screw assembly includes a bone screw, a uniaxial inner collet arranged to cooperate with a head of the bone screw, a seat arranged to provide seating for retention of the inner collet, and an inner collet actuator designed to engage the seat to activate the inner collet for clamping about the head of the bone screw.