Patent ID: 7527628
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: A61B,B23D,B27B

Abstract:
1. A surgical saw blade having a centrally positioned long axis comprising a proximal end configured to couple to a surgical bone saw; and a distal end having at least one pair of teeth for cutting bone which are configured to be adjacent to each other wherein one of the pair of teeth is configured as a right triangle with a hypotenuse which is oriented at least one of towards and away from the centrally positioned long axis and the other of said pair of teeth is configured as a right triangle with a hypotenuse which is oriented in a direction opposite to said one of the pair of teeth and wherein the tips are arrayed substantially on a tangent perpendicular to the centrally positioned long axis, and wherein said distal end has extending from each of said pair of teeth at least one additional tooth for cutting bone which is substantially identically shaped as a right triangle including a hypotenuse and an angle opposite the hypotenuse with a hypotenuse which is oriented in the same direction as the hypotenuse of the adjacent tooth defining said pair of teeth and wherein the tips of all of the teeth are arrayed substantially on a tangent perpendicular to the centrally positioned long axis.