Patent ID: 7658741

Claim:
A multi-positionable cut guide for resecting an end of a bone, said cut guide comprising: a bone attachment device adapted to be coupled to the bone, said attachment device having a base receiving portion; a base having a mounting portion, said mounting portion slideably coupled to said base receiving portion of said attachment device such that said base is slideable relative to said attachment device along at least one dimension, wherein one of said base receiving portion and said mounting portion includes a first groove and a second groove, said first groove being perpendicular to said second groove, and wherein the other of said base receiving portion and said mounting portion is a tongue complementary in shape to said groove such that said tongue is slideably disposed within said groove, said tongue slideably coupled to either of said first and second grooves such that said at least one dimension includes a first dimension and a second dimension, said base being slideable along said first dimension when said tongue is disposed within said first groove and said base being slideable along said second dimension when said tongue is disposed within said second groove; a guide housing pivotally mounted to said base about a first axis; a guide member rotatably mounted to said guide housing, said guide member defining a second axis about which said guide member is rotatable relative to said guide housing, said guide member defining an elongated guide slot extending along said second axis and adapted to receive and guide a saw for resecting the end of the bone, said guide slot defining a cut guide plane, wherein a position of said cut guide plane relative to said bone is adjustable via the sliding of said base along said at least one dimension, the pivoting of said guide housing relative to said base about said first axis, and the rotation of said guide member about said second axis.