Surgical saw blade and thermal management system

Abstract

A surgical saw blade thermal management system including a saw blade and blade mount. The saw blade including a cutting edge, a proximal portion, and a body portion. The cutting edge has teeth and is substantially formed of a first material having a first thermal conductivity. The proximal portion includes a blade hub. The body portion disposed between and connecting the cutting edge and the proximal portion and including a thermal transit core formed of a second material having a second thermal conductivity at least twice the first thermal conductivity and the core having at least two opposed longitudinally extending first core surfaces extending across a width of the core, and at least two longitudinally extending flanking members with each disposed over the longitudinally extending first core surfaces. The blade mount including a heat sink and is configured to receive the blade hub.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.