Patent ID: 11877755
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A surgical sagittal saw for use with a blade assembly that includes a bar, a blade mounted to said bar and a connecting member disposed in the bar that oscillates the blade, said saw comprising:
a head defining a receiving surface shaped to receive the bar of the blade assembly;
at least one drive pin, said at least one drive pin being moveably mounted to said head shaped so that when the blade assembly bar is placed on said receiving surface of said head, said at least one drive pin engages the connecting member;
a motor having an output shaft that, upon the actuation of said motor, rotates;
a linkage connected between said output shaft and said at least one drive pin configured to convert rotational movement of said output shaft into a motion that causes said at least one drive pin to oscillate so that said connecting member of said blade assembly causes the blade to oscillate; and
a clamp assembly for releasably pressing the bar of the blade assembly against the receiving surface so as to releasably hold the bar of the blade assembly in a static state to said receiving surface of said head when actuating the connecting member of the blade assembly.