Patent ID: 8702710

Claim:
A surgical sagittal saw for use with a blade assembly that includes a bar, a blade head pivotally mounted to said bar and at least one drive rod disposed in the bar that pivots the blade head, said saw comprising: a body, said body having a head with a receiving surface, the head receiving surface shaped to receive the blade assembly bar; at least one drive pin, said at least one drive pin being moveably mounted to said body head so as to extend above and move above the head receiving surface, said drive pin shaped so that when the blade assembly bar is placed on the head receiving surface, said at least one drive pin engages the blade assembly at least one drive rod; a motor disposed in said body, said motor having an output shaft that, upon the actuation of said motor, rotates; a linkage connected between said motor output shaft and said at least one drive pin for converting the rotational movement of said motor output shaft into a motion that causes said at least one drive pin to oscillate above the head receiving surface so that blade assembly drive rod engaged by said drive pin reciprocates; and a clamp assembly attached to said body for releasably pressing the blade assembly bar against the head receiving surface so as to releasably hold the blade assembly bar in a static state to the head receiving surface when said blade assembly at least one drive rod is reciprocated.