Surgical saw for actuating a saw blade with an oscillating head
Summary
The USPTO granted Patent US12588912B2 to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC covering a surgical saw with an oscillating head and navigation system integration. The patent claims a method for navigating a surgical saw by attaching reference points to the blade, tracking pointer position against those points, and determining blade orientation relative to the saw. The patent application was filed June 7, 2024, and contains 18 claims.
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The USPTO granted patent US12588912B2 to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC for a surgical saw with an oscillating head and coupling assembly for releasably holding a saw blade. The patent describes a method of navigating the surgical saw using a navigation processor that tracks a pointer touched against reference points on the saw blade to determine angular orientation and position of the blade relative to the saw. The patent contains 18 claims and covers CPC classifications related to surgical saws and surgical navigation systems (A61B 17/14, A61B 34/20).
This is a routine patent grant announcement with no compliance obligations. Medical device manufacturers developing oscillating surgical saws or surgical navigation systems should treat this as prior art for freedom-to-operate analyses. No immediate action is required, but R&D teams should review this patent when developing similar navigation-enabled surgical saw products.
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Surgical saw for actuating a saw blade with an oscillating head, the saw having a coupling assembly for releasably holding the saw blade
Grant US12588912B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026
Assignee
Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
Inventors
James G. Walen, Robert Brindley, Liam C. Cosgrove, Trevor Land
Abstract
A method of navigating a surgical saw with a navigation system having a navigation processor. The method comprising attaching a saw blade to a head of the surgical saw and determining a position of the surgical saw. The method also comprises touching a tracked pointer to one or more reference points on the saw blade and tracking the position and orientation of the tracked pointer as the tracked pointer is touched to the one or more reference points on the saw blade. The method further comprises determining an angular orientation of the saw blade based on the tracked pointer and the one or more reference points on the saw blade, and the navigation system determining the position and orientation of the saw blade relative to saw based on the position and orientation of the saw, the angular orientation of the saw blade, and a characteristic of the saw blade.
CPC Classifications
A61B 17/14 A61B 17/142 A61B 17/00 A61B 17/141 A61B 17/148 A61B 34/20
Filing Date
2024-06-07
Application No.
18737358
Claims
18
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