# US 11,896,236 B2 · Surgical saw blade > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,896,236 B2 - Document ID: US11896236B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/411,783 - Filed: 2021-08-25 - Published: 2022-03-03 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-26 - Assignees: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC - Applicants: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC - Inventors: Daniel Sayger; Michael Chad Hollis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896236B2 ## CPC - A61B 17/142: {with reciprocating saw blades, e.g. with cutting edges at the distal end of the saw blades} - A61B 17/14: Surgical saws ({A61B17/1637 takes precedence;} dental saws for teeth A61C3/12) - A61B 17/147: {with circularly moving saw blades, i.e. non-reciprocating saw blades} - A61B 17/1659: {Surgical rasps, files, planes, or scrapers} - A61B 17/1666: {for the acetabulum} - A61B 17/1675: {for the knee} - A61B 2090/0807: {Indication means} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A surgical saw blade is disclosed for improved resection and cutting of tissue. The surgical saw blade may include a front side, an opposite back side, a top side, an opposite bottom side, a right side, and an opposite left side. The surgical saw blade may further include a cutting tooth extending from the back side and having a cutting edge oriented toward one of the right side and the left side, the cutting tooth associated with an aperture through the saw blade between the front and back sides. The back side may be a single direction cutting side and the front, top, bottom, right, and left sides may be non-cutting sides. The surgical saw blade may further include a saw connection feature near the bottom side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A surgical saw blade comprising: a front side, an opposite back side, a top side, an opposite bottom side, a right side, and an opposite left side; a cutting tooth extending from the back side and having a cutting edge oriented toward one of the right side and the left side, the cutting tooth associated with an aperture through the saw blade between the front and back sides; wherein the back side is a single direction cutting side and the front, top, bottom, right, and left sides are non-cutting sides; a saw connection feature near the bottom side, and one or more markings on the back side, the one or more markings configured to indicate that the back side is a cutting side, wherein the one or more of the markings comprises a direction marker that indicates which direction the single direction cutting side cuts in. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The surgical saw blade of claim 1, wherein an aperture width for the aperture is 70% to 115% of a height for the cutting tooth. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The surgical saw blade of claim 1, wherein the front side and the opposite back side are the broadest sides of the saw blade. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The surgical saw blade of claim 1, wherein the aperture is rectangular and comprises two parallel sides, an arcuate side that connects the two parallel sides and an open side in communication with the cutting edge of the tooth. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The surgical saw blade of claim 1, wherein the cutting edge is one of arcuate and straight. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The surgical saw blade of claim 1, wherein the cutting edge has a base and extends from the base in a distal direction to a cutting edge that faces the one of the right side and the left side, such that the distal direction is perpendicular to the one of the right side and the left side. ### Claim 7 An oscillating surgical saw blade comprising: a front side, an opposite back side, a top side, an opposite bottom side, a right side, and an opposite left side; a plurality of cutting teeth connected to the back side and each of the cutting teeth having a cutting edge oriented toward a common side of the oscillating saw blade, each of the cutting teeth adjacent to an aperture through the saw blade between the front and back sides; wherein the front, top, bottom, right, and left sides are non-cutting sides; and an oscillating surgical saw connection feature near the bottom side, connectable to an oscillating surgical driver of an oscillating surgical saw, wherein the cutting edge comprises a bevel comprising opposite corner bevels and one or more front bevels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 7, wherein an aperture width for the aperture of each of the plurality of cutting teeth is 70% to 115% of a height for the adjacent of the cutting teeth. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 7, wherein the common side comprises one of the right side and the left side. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 7, wherein each of the cutting teeth comprises: a base; the cutting edge; a first side between the base and the cutting edge, the first side defining a first slot between the first side and the saw blade; a second side between the base and the cutting edge, the second side defining a second slot between the second side and the saw blade; wherein one end of the first slot comprises a first scalloped edge and the opposite end of the first slot connects to the aperture; and wherein one end of the second slot comprises a second scalloped edge and the opposite end of the second slot connects to the aperture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 10, wherein the first side comprises a first side bevel and second side comprises a second side bevel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 7, wherein the plurality of cutting teeth are organized into a plurality of rows and columns. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 12, wherein each row of cutting teeth aligns with apertures of at least one adjacent row of cutting teeth. ### Claim 14 An oscillating surgical saw blade comprising: a front side, an opposite back side, a top side, an opposite bottom side, a right side that extends from the top side to the bottom side, and an opposite left side that extends from the top side to the bottom side; a set of cutting teeth organized into rows and columns; wherein the cutting teeth extend from the back side and each of the cutting teeth has a base and extends from the base in a distal direction to a cutting edge oriented toward one of the right side and the left side, such that the distal direction is perpendicular to the one of the right side and the left side, each of the cutting teeth associated with a rectangular aperture through the saw blade between the front and back sides; and an oscillating saw connection feature near the bottom side, connectable to an oscillating surgical driver of an oscillating surgical saw. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 14, wherein the cutting teeth in each column are aligned vertically and the cutting teeth in each row are aligned horizontally. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 14, wherein each of the cutting teeth comprises: a base; the cutting edge; a first side between the base and the cutting edge, the first side defining a first slot between the first side and the saw blade; and a second side between the base and the cutting edge, the second side defining a second slot between the second side and the saw blade. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 16, wherein first side and the second side are parallel to each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 16, wherein: one end of the first slot comprises a first scalloped edge and the opposite end of the first slot connects to the aperture; one end of the second slot comprises a second scalloped edge and the opposite end of the second slot connects to the aperture; and the first side comprises a first side bevel and second side comprises a second side bevel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 14, wherein each cutting edge comprises a bevel comprising opposite corner bevels and one or more front bevels. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The oscillating surgical saw blade of claim 14, wherein an aperture width for each rectangular aperture is 70% to 115% of a height for each of the cutting teeth.