Patent ID: 11857199
Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical saw system comprising:
a saw including:
a housing;
a motor disposed within the housing; and
a reciprocating shaft selectively reciprocated by the motor;

a blade cartridge including:
a bar including a first holding feature; and
a rack, the rack moveably disposed within the bar along a proximal-to-distal longitudinal axis of the bar and is in removable engagement with the reciprocating shaft; and

an attachment disposed between and connecting the bar of the blade cartridge to the saw housing, the attachment including:
a coupling feature in selective releasable engagement with the first holding feature of the bar such that the coupling feature engages the first holding feature to hold the bar static when the reciprocating shaft is reciprocated by the motor to move the rack in a reciprocal motion along the proximal-to-distal longitudinal axis of the bar.