US 11,730,490 B2
Clamp guard
Carl Gayle, Plantation, FL (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,444.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/023,575, filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353303 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/142 (2016.11) [A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blade mounting assembly for a surgical saw assembly, the surgical saw assembly comprising a saw blade, a housing, and a driver disposed within the housing configured to couple to a motor and releasably receive and actuate the saw blade, and the blade mounting assembly configured to be coupled to the housing and being configured to releasably clamp the saw blade to the driver, wherein the blade mounting assembly comprises:
a clamp guard defining a recess;
a blade clamp comprising a safety indicator and being configured to be at least partially disposed within the recess of the clamp guard, the blade clamp moveable relative to the clamp guard between an exposed position whereby the blade clamp protrudes from the clamp guard such that the safety indicator is visibly exposed and a concealed position whereby the blade clamp is retracted within the recess of the clamp guard such that the safety indicator is concealed by the clamp guard; and
a control mechanism configured to move between an open position and a closed position to manipulate position of the blade clamp between the exposed position and the concealed position, whereby:
in the open position, the blade clamp is configured to be in the exposed position such that the safety indicator is exposed, and the blade clamp is spaced apart from the driver by a first distance; and
in the closed position, the blade clamp is configured to be in the concealed position such that the safety indicator is concealed, and the blade clamp is spaced apart from the driver by a second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.