Method for manufacturing a surgical saw blade with a blade head and raised boss around which the blade head pivots
US8323285B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49826
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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.
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