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

Claim 17:
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.