Patent ID: 7198628
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An adjustable cutting guide for defining a cutting plane for a saw in a bone, the cutting guide comprising: a clamp configured to be secured to a positioning structure; a saw guide with a slot therein, the slot formed to cooperate with a saw to limit the saw to cutting in a specific plane; an orientable coupling mounted to the clamp and the saw guide, wherein the orientable coupling comprises a first coupling component and a second coupling component, wherein one of the first coupling component and second coupling component is coupled to the saw guide and the other of the first coupling component and second coupling component is coupled to the clamp, wherein the first coupling component includes a partially spherical shaped portion, wherein the second coupling component includes a socket member defining a partially spherical shaped concave surface configured to receive the partially spherical shaped portion, and wherein the first coupling component articulates in relation to the second coupling component in a ball and socket fashion; and a limiter for limiting articulation of the first coupling component in relation to the second coupling component, wherein the limiter includes (i) a peg formed in one of the first coupling component and second coupling component and (ii) a cavity sized to receive the peg formed in the other of the first coupling component and the second coupling component.