Patent ID: 8449550

Claim:
A bone resection system comprising: a prosthetic implant having an anterior and posterior outer surface capable of attaching to bone; a cutting guide having guide surfaces thereon mountable on the prosthetic implant, the guide surfaces are alignable with the implant anterior and posterior outer surfaces; a saw comprising a housing having spaced apart first and second sides joined by first and second edge surfaces and having a proximal end and a distal end, a cutting head drive system on the housing, the cutting head drive system driving a cutting head having teeth extending outwardly of the distal end of the housing; and a cam element mounted on the saw housing intermediate the proximal and the distal ends, the cam element having a distal end with a guide arm extending therefrom engagable with at least one of the guide surface on the cutting guide, the cam element having a stop surface for engaging a stop surface on the cutting guide.