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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Applicants:
James G. Walen, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Liam Cosgrove, Clonlara, IE;
Robert Brindley, Delton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stryker Ireland, Ltd., Carrigtwohill, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method of assembling a surgical saw blade assembly with an blade bar that contains an oscillating head, the blade bar is formed from opposed plates. One of the plates is punch stamped to define a boss around which blade head pivots. The plates are secured to one another in a series of steps in which spaced apart sections of the plates are welded together.