Attaching assembly for an osteotomy saw blade

摘要

An attaching assembly for releasably attaching an osteotomy saw blade in a drive assembly. The attaching assembly comprises a drive member including a head portion having a slot adapted to receive an end portion of blade with a larger portion of an aperture in the blade aligned with a socket in the head portion, and a projection on the blade positioned in one of a plurality of notches in the head portion communicating with the slot. A locking button mounted in the socket is movable between a locking position (to which it is biased) at which a slightly tapered locking portion of the button is in engagement with walls defining the larger portion of the aperture to lock the blade in the attaching assembly; and a release position at which a narrow portion of the button is aligned with the slot so that the blade can be slid into or out of the slot with walls of the blade defining a narrow portion of the aperture communicating with an edge of the blade sliding past the narrow portion of the button.