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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
James G. Walen, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Robert Brindley, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Liam C. Cosgrove, Clonlara, IE;
Trevor M. Land, Richland, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A surgical sagittal saw for use with a complementary blade assembly that includes a static bar. The saw includes a head over which the blade assembly bar is seated. A biasing member mounted to the saw head normally places a force of the blade assembly bar that urges the bar away from the blade head. A coupling assembly releasably holds the blade assembly bar in the static state to the saw head. When the coupling assembly is in the run state, holding the blade assembly to the saw head, the coupling assembly does so in opposition to the force the biasing assembly exerts against the blade assembly bar. During the process of removing the blade assembly from the saw, the force of the biasing assembly assists in the removal of the blade assembly bar from the saw head.