Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a surgical instrument having a rotatable shaft 2 and a working part 1 disposed thereon, the working part having at least one cutting edge, wherein the shaft 2 and the working part 1 are made of oxide ceramics, characterized in that for the manufacturing of the contour of the instrument, a rough grinding using a grinding tool having a grain size between 40 ?m and 110 ?m is performed, and subsequently, a fine grinding of the cutting edges using a grinding tool having a grain size between 20 ?m and 50 ?m performed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a surgical instrument having a rotatable shaft 2 and a working part 1 disposed thereon, the working part having at least one cutting edge, wherein the shaft 2 and the working part 1 are made of oxide ceramics, characterized in that for the manufacturing of the contour of the instrument, a rough grinding using a grinding tool having a grain size between 40 ?m and 110 ?m is performed, and subsequently, a fine grinding of the cutting edges using a grinding tool having a grain size between 20 ?m and 50 ?m performed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical saw blade having a flat, plate-shaped body (1) being provided with a toothing (2) at least one edge portion, said toothing comprising a plurality of uncrossed teeth, said teeth each consisting of groups comprising three teeth (3, 4, 5) of different shape, or wherein the toothing (2) comprises pairs (5, 6) of two teeth (3, 4) being arranged symmetrically to each other in relation to a plane perpendicular to the center plane of the body (1).