Patent ID: 6030391
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical cutting guide for use in orthopaedic surgery on a patient's foot, comprising:(a) an articulated bar having first and second segments hinged together;(b) a slide lock base member adjustably positionable along the first segment of said articulated bar;(c) a transversely extending first arm member adjustably positionable in the slide lock base member;(d) a transversely extending second arm member adjustably positionable along the second segment of the articulated bar;(e) clamp means on the first arm member adjusted to engage a metatarsal bone of a large toe to the patient;(f) clamp means on the second arm member adapted to engage a phalangeal bone of said large toe; and(g) a cutting guide member adjustably mounted on the second arm member and including an elongated slot therein adapted to receive a bone cutting instrument therethrough.