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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventor:
Steve Carusillo, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); B27B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/148 (2013.01); A61B 17/14 (2013.01); A61B 17/141 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 2017/145 (2013.01); B27B 19/006 (2013.01); A61B 2017/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical sagittal saw blade that includes a guide bar to which a blade head is pivotally mounted. The guide bar includes a bottom bar; an inner bar disposed over the bottom bar; and an outer bar disposed over the inner bar. The inner bar has a distal end face that is curved and that is spaced inwardly of the distal ends of the bottom bar and the outer bar. The blade head has a base that pivots around the curved distal end face of the inner bar.