US 12,408,927 B2
Surgical saw system including a reciprocating saw blade cartridge
Conor MacAnTuile, Muine Bheag (IE); David Tallon, Shanagarry (IE); and David S. Goldenberg, Mattawan, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,578.
Application 18/535,578 is a continuation of application No. 17/478,327, filed on Sep. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,857,199.
Application 17/478,327 is a continuation of application No. 16/062,727, granted, now 11,141,168, issued on Oct. 12, 2021, 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 2024/0099727 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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
 
12. A surgical saw blade assembly for use with a surgical saw, the surgical saw blade assembly comprising:
a blade cartridge including a bar and a rack at least partially disposed within the bar, the bar including a first holding feature;
an attachment connecting the blade cartridge to a surgical saw, the attachment for releasably holding the bar of the blade cartridge static relative to the surgical saw when the rack is reciprocated along a proximal-to-distal longitudinal axis of the bar;
a drive link disposed between and connecting the surgical saw to the rack of the blade cartridge, the drive link arranged to translate the reciprocal motion of the surgical saw to the rack of the blade cartridge.