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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 1993
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2000
Assignee:
Synasive Technology, Inc.
Inventors:
Henry Hasbrouck Fletcher, Michael Gerard Fisher