Patent ID: 7938833
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A resection guide comprising: an alignment barrel having a pair of first surfaces and a second surface positioned between the pair of first surfaces, the first surfaces each having a first diameter and the second surface having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; at least a first hole and a second hole formed on the alignment barrel; an alignment guide rotatably and slidably mounted on the alignment barrel, the alignment guide mounted on the second surface; at least a third hole formed on the alignment guide; and a resection plane located at one end of the alignment guide, the resection plane being capable of guiding a tool for resecting an end of a bone, wherein the resection plane may be translated in two planes and rotated around two axis after the resection guide is attached to the bone through one of the first or the second hole.