Patent ID: 7776048

Claim:
An adjustable treatment aid for guiding, holding, attaching and/or positioning a tool for treating a bone, comprising: a first frame that is attachable to the bone; a second frame for guiding, holding, attaching and/or positioning the tool; and at least one adjusting device that allows the first frame to be spatially adjusted relative to the second frame along at least one degree of freedom, wherein the adjusting device includes a support member connecting the first frame to the second frame, said support member configured to enable movement of the first frame relative to the second frame about at least two non-parallel axes, at least one resiliently deformable element connecting the second frame to the first frame, such that deflection of the deformable element corresponds to the at least one degree of freedom, and at least one setting member operative to cause resilient deflection of the deformable element to effect a corresponding positional adjustment of the second frame relative to the first frame along the at least one degree of freedom.