WO1999020184A1 - Surgical saw and methods therefor - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D61/00—Tools for sawing machines or sawing devices; Clamping devices for these tools
- B23D61/006—Oscillating saw blades
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
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- A61B17/149—Chain, wire or band saws
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
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- A61B17/15—Guides therefor
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- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D53/00—Machines or devices for sawing with strap saw-blades which are effectively endless in use, e.g. for contour cutting
- B23D53/005—Machines or devices for sawing with strap saw-blades which are effectively endless in use, e.g. for contour cutting with a plurality of band saw blades or band saw blades having plural cutting zones, e.g. contiguous oppositely-moving saw blade portions
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D53/00—Machines or devices for sawing with strap saw-blades which are effectively endless in use, e.g. for contour cutting
- B23D53/12—Hand-held or hand-operated sawing devices working with strap saw blades
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D61/00—Tools for sawing machines or sawing devices; Clamping devices for these tools
- B23D61/12—Straight saw blades; Strap saw blades
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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- A61B17/14—Surgical saws ; Accessories therefor
- A61B17/15—Guides therefor
- A61B17/154—Guides therefor for preparing bone for knee prosthesis
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- the present invention relates generally to surgical saws and, more
- proximal tibia i.e. transverse proximal tibial cut
- bone cuts are typically made with an end cutting oscillating saw having a flat saw
- contours of the prosthesis, cutting blocks are usually attached to the bone and
- Another object of the present invention is to resect anatomical tissue utilizing a surgical saw comprising a pair of flexible, endless cutting bands driven in defined paths around parallel, stationary guide arms.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a flexible, endless cutting band having cutting teeth and band segments of integral, unitary construction for being driven relative to a stationary guide arm in a cutting direction to cut anatomical tissue.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a flexible, endless cutting band of a surgical saw having spaced cutting teeth connected by band segments with the cutting edges of alternate cutting teeth protruding laterally beyond the band segments in opposite directions.
- An additional object of the present invention is to maintain parallelism of the stationary guide arms of a surgical saw having endless, flexible cutting bands driven around the guide arms.
- the present invention has as a further object to resect bone by inserting distal ends of co-planar, parallel guide arms into the bone and driving cutting bands relative to and around the guide arms in a cutting direction to resect the bone along the plane of the guide arms.
- the surgical saw has a significantly greater number of cutting teeth than conventional end cutting saws for enhanced, more efficient cutting with less tooth wear, the surgical saw can be operated at lower speeds for
- the guide arms are of reduced mass for greater stability, bone cuts can be obtained to greater depths, the surgical saw
- the surgical saw can be utilized with conventional powered handpieces, and the surgical saw can be utilized with conventional guide blocks affixed to the bone.
- the present invention as characterized in a surgical saw comprising a saw assembly for being driven by a powered surgical handpiece.
- the saw assembly includes a pair of guide arms, a pair of flexible, endless cutting bands disposed around the guide arms, respectively, a drive mechanism for driving the cutting bands in
- the guide arms have proximal ends disposed in the housing and distal ends protruding beyond the housing, with the guide arms being mounted in parallel, co- planar relationship.
- the cutting bands each include a plurality of spaced cutting
- the cutting bands are each formed unitarily, integrally as a single piece.
- the drive mechanism is disposed in the housing and includes a pair of sprocket wheels for being driven by the handpiece. Each sprocket wheel is
- each cutting band is disposed at a proximal end of a guide arm, and each cutting band is disposed
- the sprocket wheels are rotatably drivable in opposite directions to counter-rotate the cutting bands around the guide arms and
- arms are laterally spaced from one another to define a passage between the
- a pair of guard members protrude from the housing along outer sides of the guide arms and have distal
- a cutting guide for the surgical saw includes a body having a slot
- the cutting guide stabilizes the surgical saw and maintains parallelism of the guide arms during
- a method of resecting bone according to the present invention includes the steps of driving the cutting bands in the defined paths in opposite directions
- Fig. 1 is a side view of a surgical saw according to the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of the surgical saw.
- Fig. 3 is a top view of the saw assembly for the surgical saw.
- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a guide arm for the saw assembly.
- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cutting band for the saw assembly.
- Fig. 6 is an enlarged, broken perspective view of the cutting band.
- Fig. 7 is a broken plan view of the cutting band.
- Fig. 8 is a broken perspective view showing a sprocket wheel mounted to
- Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a cutting guide for the surgical saw.
- Fig. 10 is a broken side view, partly in section, illustrating use of the surgical saw and cutting guide to resect the femur.
- a surgical saw 10 according to the present invention is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and includes a saw assembly 12 and a powered surgical handpiece 14 for driving saw assembly 12.
- Handpiece 14 comprises a body 16 configured or provided with a handgrip 17 and a drive system 18 disposed in body 16.
- Drive system 18, which is illustrated schematically in Fig. 2 includes a drive motor M, a power supply P for supplying power to drive motor M, a switch S for controlling the supply of power to motor M and a pushbutton or trigger B, operable from externally of body 16, for actuating switch S.
- Power supply P for handpiece 14 can be an electric power supply as well as various other power supplies or sources, such as hydraulic and pneumatic, suitable to power motor M.
- a drive shaft 20 is mounted in body 16 to be rotatably driven by motor M.
- Body 16 has a forward end 21 with an opening therein aligned with drive shaft 20 allowing the drive shaft 20 to be coupled with the saw assembly 12 as explained further below.
- Handpiece 14 can include various conventional powered surgical handpieces such as those disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 5,263,922 and No. 5,439,472 to Evans et al and the Sodem Power System handpieces of Sodem Systems, Geneva, Switzerland.
- the handpiece 14 can include various mechanisms for locking or retaining the saw assembly 12 to the handpiece 14 such as the snap lock connections of the Sodem Power System handpieces.
- Saw assembly 12 as best shown in Figs.
- each guide arm 22 includes a pair of stationary guide arms 22, a pair of flexible, endless cutting blades or bands 24 guided by guide arms 22 for movement in prescribed or defined paths, a drive mechanism 26 for driving cutting bands 24 to move in the prescribed paths and a housing 27 mounting drive mechanism 26 and guide arms 22.
- Each guide arm 22 has opposed, planar, parallel outer surfaces 28 and 29 with the thickness T between the outer surfaces 28 and 29.
- Each guide arm 22 is defined by an arcuate forward edge 30, straight, parallel side edges 31 merging with forward edge 30 and an arcuate rearward edge 32 joining side edges 31.
- Forward edges 30 and rearward edges 32 both curve in the same direction, and each forward edge is longitudinally aligned with a rearward edge.
- Forward edges 30 define rounded noses or tips at distal ends of the guide arms, and rearward edges 32 define partial circular recesses 33 at proximal ends of the guide arms.
- a hole 34 is formed through each guide arm at the distal end thereof, and an oblong or elongate slot 35 is formed through each guide arm at a proximal end thereof to be received in housing 27. Slots 35 can extend distally to merge with holes 34 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 to further reduce the mass of the guide arms.
- a groove 36 is formed between the outer surfaces 28 and 29, i.e. along thickness T, to extend along the forward edges 30 and the side edges 31 of each
- cutting bands 24 are each of integral, unitary construction with teeth 38 and band segments 39, made integrally, unitarily to form a one piece, monolithic, homogeneous, flexible band of high strength, medically acceptable material.
- the cutting bands can be manufactured unitarily, integrally as one piece in many various ways including electric discharge machining from a single sheet of material, electric discharge machining in a continuous line that is cut and welded at opposite ends to form the endless band or ring, and punch manufacturing using forming dies and coining dies to fabricate the cutting bands.
- the cutting bands can each be made as a strip or length of material joined at its ends to form a band or loop.
- the cutting bands can also be of multi-part construction with the teeth 38 and band segments 39 made as separate pieces assembled to form the flexible, endless band or ring.
- the band segments can be designed as links to mechanically interlock with the cutting teeth.
- the cutting bands can be manufactured as separate pieces in many various ways including metal injection molding, powdered metallurgy, extrusion, investment casting and forging.
- each tooth 38 is defined by lateral surfaces 42A and 42B, a leading edge or surface 44 transverse or perpendicular to lateral surfaces 42A and 42B, a trailing edge or surface 46 transverse or perpendicular to lateral surfaces 42A and 42B and a thickness T' between lateral surfaces 42A and 42B.
- the leading surface 44 merges with an outer peripheral surface 47 of an adjacent forward band segment 39
- the trailing surface 46 merges with an outer peripheral surface 47 of an adjacent rearward band segment 39 such that a base of each tooth is disposed between two band segments.
- the forward band segment 39 of cutting tooth 38' defines the rearward band segment for the next forward cutting tooth 38"
- band segment 39 of tooth 38' defines the forward band segment for the next rearward cutting tooth.
- each cutting tooth 38 meet one another at an apex defining a cutting edge 48 transverse or pe ⁇ endicular to lateral surfaces 42A and 42B. Teeth 38 are angled
- Each band segment 39 has lateral surfaces 50A and 50B merging with lateral surfaces 42A and 42B, respectively, outer peripheral surface 47 transverse or perpendicular to lateral surfaces 50A and 50B, an inner peripheral surface 51 transverse or perpendicular
- cutting bands 24 each include ninety
- the cutting teeth protrude outwardly from the circumference
- outer peripheral surfaces 47 are defined by outer peripheral surfaces 47; however, depending on procedural use,
- the cutting teeth can protrude inwardly from the inner peripheral surfaces 51.
- lateral surfaces 42A and 42B for each cutting tooth 38 are parallel to one another
- the lateral surfaces 50A and 50B for each band segment 39 are parallel to one another; however, the lateral surfaces can be non-parallel.
- the cutting teeth 38 are angularly offset from the band segments 39 in a
- the lateral surfaces 42A and 42B of cutting tooth 38' are both angled laterally from the lateral surfaces 50A and 50B of band segments 39, and the lateral surfaces 42A and 42B of cutting tooth 38" are both angled laterally in the opposite direction from the lateral surfaces 50A and 50B of band segments 39. Accordingly, the cutting edge 48 of cutting tooth 38' protrudes laterally beyond lateral surface 50B, and the cutting edge 48 of cutting tooth 38" protrudes laterally beyond the opposite lateral surface 50A such that the cutting edges of alternate teeth extend or protrude laterally beyond opposite lateral surfaces 50A and 50B.
- the cutting teeth 38 define a kerf K equal to the maximum lateral dimension between the lateral surfaces 42A and 42B of adjacent teeth 38.
- cutting teeth 38 each have a keel 52 in the form of a convex or rounded protrusion at the base of each cutting tooth 38.
- Each keel 52 is disposed between two band segments 39 and has an arcuate surface or edge curving outwardly from and merging with the inner peripheral surfaces 51 of the band segments, and the keels 52 can have a hook-like shape.
- the cutting bands are made of 17- 4PH Stainless Steel.
- the cutting bands can be made of any surgical grade stainless steel having a hardness sufficient to cut bone but being sufficiently flexible to permit forming a monolithic endless band.
- the guide arms are preferably made of 17-4PH Stainless Steel heat treated for a hardness greater than the hardness of the cutting bands to reduce wear between the guide arms and the cutting bands.
- a preferred size or circumference for the cutting bands is 9 to 12 inches.
- a preferred thickness T for the guide arms is 0.050 inch, and a preferred thickness T" for the band segments is 0.055 inch.
- the cutting teeth preferably have a thickness T' less than the kerf K and equal to or greater than T".
- the thickness of the guide arms can be greater than T" with the groove
- the rake angle can be a standard bone cutter rake angle.
- the kerf K is as small as possible; and, according to a
- the kerf K is 0.060 inch.
- Drive mechanism 26 is best shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and includes a right angle bevel gear unit having a first bevel gear 54 rigidly carried by an input shaft
- the input shaft 55 is adapted to be mechanically coupled with the drive shaft 20 of handpiece 14.
- the input shaft 55 can be coupled with the handpiece drive shaft 20 in many various ways including various conventional mechanisms such as
- the second bevel gear 56 is arranged to be rotatably driven by the first bevel gear 54; and, accordingly, the output shaft 58 of the bevel gear unit is offset 90° from the
- the bevel gears 54 and 56 have a 1 to 1 ratio to
- a bearing plate 60 is
- the plate 60 having a
- Drum 62 carries or is formed with a gear 64 at a lower end thereof, and a gear 66 rigidly carried by or formed at a lower end of a second cylindrical drum or sleeve 68 is arranged in rotatably driven engagement with gear 64.
- a shaft 70 passes through an axial bore or lumen of drum 68 and is
- Gears 64 and 66 which can be formed integrally, unitarily with drums 62 and 68, respectively, or separately therefrom, each have a plurality of spaced teeth 71 adapted for driving engagement such that gears 64 and 66 are rotatably driven in opposite directions
- drums 62 and 68 have a 1 to 1 ratio such that drums 62 and 68 counter-rotate at the same speed.
- Sprocket or cog wheels 72 are rigidly attached to upper ends of drums 62
- sprocket wheel 72 is shown in Fig. 8 mounted to drum 62 and includes a circular plate of uniform
- Each space 76 is defined by an arcuate edge or surface 77 extending between segments 75 and
- Housing 27 can have any desirable external configuration including a
- the housing 27 has a forward end 81 with a channel 82 therein through which the guide arms
- a guard including a pair of elongate guard members 83 protrude from forward end 81 to extend in the distal direction.
- Each guard member 83 extends from housing 27 to an outwardly flared distal end having a rounded or blunt distal tip 84.
- Guard members 83 are
- the guard members 83 have a length such that the
- distal tips 84 are disposed proximally of the forward edges 30 of guide arms 22 allowing a distal end of the saw assembly to be utilized to cut anatomical tissue while preventing cutting along most of the outer sides of the guide arms 22 as explained further below.
- the guard members are preferably made of tempered
- the thickness of the guard members is the same as or smaller than the kerf K of the cutting
- Housing 27 has an internal recess 85, shown in Fig. 2, for accommodating
- the drive mechanism 26 is arranged in housing 27 as shown in Fig. 2 with shaft 55 rotatably mounted in a passage in the rearward end
- a brush can be disposed in the housing to
- a brush 87 is
- a ledge 88 within recess 85 defines a sump 89 in housing 27 for collecting debris removed from teeth 38 by brush 87.
- the sump 89 is separated from the gears by the ledge 88 and; if desired, a seal can be disposed around the drums 62 and 68 adjacent ledge 92.
- the housing can be designed with an access door or panel communicating with sump 89 allowing debris to be removed therefrom.
- a pair of oblong lands 90, shown in Fig. 3, protrude upwardly from ledge 88 at the forward end of the housing.
- Lands 90 are longitudinally aligned with shafts 58 and 70, respectively, and have lateral and longitudinal dimensions to be received within the oblong slots 35 of guide arms 22 with a friction fit.
- the lands 90 can have a length less than the length of slots 35 to permit longitudinal movement or adjustment of the guide arms 22 along lands 90 and relative to housing 27.
- the housing 27 can be of multi-part construction to facilitate assembly.
- a fluid conduit 91 as shown in Fig. 2, can be positioned on, in or through the surgical saw, the fluid conduit 91 having a first end for being coupled with a source of fluid, such as saline, and a second end for delivering the fluid to the cutting blades for irrigation and/or cooling.
- the saw assembly 12 is typically supplied as shown in Figs. 1- 3 with the proximal ends of guide arms 22 disposed in channel 82 of housing 27. Lands 90 are received in slots 35 with the arcuate rearward edges 32 of the guide arms adjacent the circumferential edge segments 75 of the sprocket wheels 72 such that portions of the sprocket wheels are received in the recesses 33 at the proximal ends of the guide arms. As shown in Fig. 3, the sprocket wheels 72 have a diameter that is the same as the lateral dimension of the guide arms 22 between the side edges 31. Each guide arm 22 and corresponding sprocket wheel 72 together define an endless, prescribed track or path extending along forward edge 30 and side edges 31 of the guide arm and along a circumferential
- Each cutting blade 24 is assembled on a guide
- each cutting blade 24 extends along forward edge 30 and side edges 31 of a guide arm 22 and along a circumferential portion of the corresponding sprocket wheel 72 for
- the cutting bands 24 are of a size to fit taut around the guide arms and corresponding sprocket wheels, and, where the lands 90 are shorter in length
- the guide arms 22 can be moved longitudinally during assembly to insure that the cutting blades 24 are taut. Where slots 35 are greater in length
- spacers 92 can be inserted in slots 35 between the lands 90 and the guide arms 22 to maintain the guide arms 22 stationary during use as shown in Fig. 3.
- the arcuate rearward edges 32 of the guide arms have a radius of
- rearward edges 32 does not have to correspond to the curvature of the sprocket wheels.
- guide arms 22 When assembled to the drive mechanism, guide arms 22 are laterally spaced from one another such that the cutting teeth
- Fig. 9 illustrates a cutting guide 94 for use with the surgical saw according to the present invention.
- Cutting guide 94 includes a rectangular shaped body having flanges 95 at opposite ends thereof and a slot 96 extending entirely
- Slot 96 has an inner or central section 97, intermediate sections 98 flanking inner section 97 and outer sections 99 flanking intermediate sections 98.
- Inner section 97 has a somewhat rounded configuration in cross-section with a
- Intermediate sections 98 have a rectangular cross-sectional configuration with a height H to receive thickness T of guide arms 22, the height H being smaller than
- Outer sections 99 have a rounded configuration in cross-section with a cross-sectional size to receive guard members 83 and teeth 38 along the outer sides of guide arms 22.
- Cutting guide 94 is preferably made
- cutting guide to be squeezed to enlarge, open or change the configuration of slot 96 to facilitate sliding of the cutting guide 94 over guide arms 22, cutting bands
- the cutting guide 94 can be made in various ways
- the saw assembly 12 is coupled with the handpiece 14 to couple
- the cutting guide 94 is squeezed and is slid over the distal end of the saw assembly to position
- guide arms 22, with cutting bands 24 disposed therearound, and guard members 83 within slot 96 With the cutting guide 94 disposed on the saw assembly, passage 93 and the cutting teeth 38 along the inner sides of guide arms 22 are positioned in slot inner section 97, guide arms 22 are positioned in slot intermediate sections 98, and guard members 83 and the teeth 38 along the outer sides of guide arms 22 are positioned in slot outer sections 99.
- the guide 94 can be positioned adjacent or in abutment with the forward end of housing 27 as shown in Fig. 9 with the guide arms 22 and guard members 83 protruding from cutting guide 94.
- the handpiece 14 is held via handgrip 17, and button B is pressed to supply power from power supply P to motor M to rotate drive shaft 20 and bevel gears 54 and 56.
- gears 64 and 66 will be counter-rotated along with drums 62 and 68 and sprocket wheels 72.
- Counter-rotation of sprocket wheels 72 causes the cutting bands 24 to be counter-rotated or moved in opposite directions around the guide arms and sprocket wheels, the cutting bands 24 moving through the slot 96 of the guide 94.
- each cutting band 24 is continuously moved in the cutting or forward direction along the defined path as shown by the arrows in Fig. 3.
- the distal ends of the guide arms 22 are inserted into anatomical tissue, such as bone, to cut the tissue in the plane of the guide arms, and the saw assembly 12 can be inserted into the bone via a guide block G affixed to the bone as shown in Fig. 10.
- Fig. 10 illustrates the guide arms 22 inserted into the femur F to resect the femur along a plane defining a desired chamfer cut.
- the guide arms 22 are moved forwardly into and through the bone with a plunge and/or sweeping cutting action to cut the bone along the plane of the guide arms to the desired depth.
- the guard members 83 follow the guide arms into the cut, and undesired cutting of soft tissue adjacent the bone is prevented since the guard members prevent cutting along most of the outer sides of the guide arms. Debris generated by the cutting action is carried away from the cutting site along passage 93 between the guide arms 22, the debris being carried through the inner section of slot 96.
- the cutting teeth 38 move past the brush 87 within housing 27 causing debris carried by the cutting teeth to be removed therefrom for collection in sump 89.
- the surgical saw reduces the risk of contamination to operating personnel since splattering of tissue and fluids is greatly reduced due to the stationary guide arms. Since the guide arms do not move, the surgical saw can be more precisely guided during cutting and allows a greater depth of bone cut to be obtained.
- the two counter-rotating cutting bands nullify side thrusts which are normally produced with end cutting oscillating saws.
- the surgical saw is self-centering and parallelism of the guide arms is maintained with the use of the cutting guide.
- surgical saw is of reduced weight and mass for enhanced stability and deeper bone cuts.
- the surgical saw can be utilized with conventional guide blocks, and
- the cutting guide can straddle the conventional guide blocks.
- the surgical saw according to the present invention can be utilized with various conventional powered handpieces incorporating various diverse power supplies.
- the saw assembly can be designed as a removable attachment for the
- the saw assembly can be designed as part of the handpiece itself.
- the drive mechanism can be part of the saw assembly, part of the handpiece or
- the saw assembly can be designed
- the saw assembly can include a pair of guide arms with cutting bands
- the saw assembly can include a single guide arm and corresponding cutting band.
- the weight and mass of the guide arms can be
- the guide arms can be longitudinally adjustable relative to the
- the drive mechanism can be designed to provide rotation of the cutting bands at the same speed as the handpiece driveshaft, or the drive mechanism can be designed to reduce or increase the speed of the handpiece driveshaft.
- conduit can be disposed externally of the surgical saw or within the surgical saw, partially or entirely.
- Various fluids can be supplied to the cutting site, the guide arms or the cutting bands via the conduit for
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