US 11,857,199 B2
Surgical saw system including a reciprocating saw blade cartridge
Conor Mac An Tuile, Muine Bheag (IE); David Tallon, Shanagarry (IE); and David Goldenberg, Mattawan, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,327.
Application 17/478,327 is a continuation of application No. 16/062,727, granted, now 11,141,168, previously published as PCT/US2016/066981, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/268,536, filed on Dec. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015771 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/144 (2016.11) [A61B 17/142 (2016.11); A61B 17/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A surgical saw system including:
a blade cartridge including a bar and a rack at least partially disposed within the bar;
a saw including a reciprocating shaft, the reciprocating shaft for imparting a reciprocal motion to the rack of the blade cartridge;
an attachment connecting the blade cartridge to the saw, the attachment for releasably holding the bar of a blade cartridge static relative to the saw when the rack is reciprocated along a proximal-to-distal longitudinal axis of the bar by the saw;
a drive link disposed between and connecting the reciprocating shaft to the rack of the blade cartridge; and
wherein the reciprocating shaft includes an engagement feature for releasably coupling the drive link to the reciprocating shaft, the drive link arranged to translate the reciprocal motion of the reciprocating shaft and the rack of the blade cartridge.