Abstract: Various embodiments provide surgical cutting devices and systems for orthopedic and other procedures. Specific embodiments provide saw devices for accessing and cutting subjacent bone and other tissue while minimizing injury to surrounding tissue. One embodiment provides a transverse acting saw blade for performing surgical cuts to bone tissue with minimal injury to surrounding tissue. The blade comprises an elongated member having a first portion and a second portion and a longitudinal and lateral axis. The first portion is configured to engage a drive source to produce longitudinal movement of the first portion that is atraumatic to surrounding tissue. The second portion includes a cutting surface. The longitudinal movement of the first portion is converted to a lateral movement of the second portion that is sufficient to cut engaged bone tissue with the cutting surface. The movement of the second portion is substantially transverse to the movement of the first portion.

Abstract: An ejector-equipped card connector is disclosed, which is of small thickness and simple but reliable construction, and which avoids tilting and twisting of the memory card as it is ejected. The card connector includes a lever (8, FIG. 2) with a middle pivotally mounted (at 120) on the connector housing and a first end coupled to an eject button (21) which pivots the lever. The lever has a second end (124) coupled to a moveable plate (7) with pushouts (14) at its rear end for engaging the rear end of the card (5) to eject it. The second end of the lever has an hourglass-shaped aperture (10), and the moveable plate (7) has a downwardly bent claw (11) that projects into the hourglass aperture, so the convex surfaces of the aperture can push the moveable plate forwardly and rearwardly. The moveable plate has a slot forming a leaf spring (12) extending at an upward incline to contact the lower surface of the card to ground it.