Patent · US Expired

Method of surgically cutting a bone using a surgical saw blade

US6723101B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20References

22Claims

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Assignee

Synvasive Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Henry H. Fletcher · Cameron Park, US
Michael G. Fisher · Blieskastel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2002
Grant date	Apr 20, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/14
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cutting saw blade for use with an oscillatory power tool used in surgical bone cutting procedures including a blade having a distal end provided with teeth whose tips are located on a tangent line perpendicular to the long axis of the blade. The teeth are configured substantially as right triangles with their hypotenuses facing either towards the center of the blade or away from the center of the blade. A central tooth can be optionally provided.

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