Paragraph Number

60

The surgical saw blade 100 may be designed for use with an oscillating saw that sweeps the surgical saw blade 100 side to side along an arcuate path 170 (See FIG. 7). When the surgical saw blade 100 is actuated in this way, the cutting teeth 130 cut bone, cartilage, or other hard or soft tissues next to, or against the back side 104 (i.e., a single direction cutting side) when the surgical saw blade 100 sweeps toward the left side 112. The cutting teeth 130 do not cut when the surgical saw blade 100 sweeps toward the right side 110, nor does the surgical saw blade 100 cut tissues that are next to, or against the front, right, and/or left side 102, 110, 112 (i.e., non-cutting sides).

Added by DJM 9 2021