Patent ID: 8123754

Claim:
A surgical jig for use in determining an axis relative to a body part, the jig comprising: a handle having a first arm and a second arm pivotally connected to one another, each of which have a proximal end and a distal end, the distal ends of the first arm and the second arm defining a substantially flat plane and forming a mouth having a middle axis for engaging the body part; a guide having a channel with a guide axis substantially perpendicular to the plane; a support attaching the guide to the handle, wherein the guide is translatable relative to the mouth in a plane parallel to the substantially flat plane while maintaining the guide axis substantially perpendicular to the plane; a first threaded boss located on the first arm and a second threaded boss located on the second arm; and a threaded shaft extending between the bosses perpendicular to the middle axis, the shaft having opposite sense screw threads on either end, wherein rotation of the shaft in a first direction moves the distal ends of the first arm and the second arm away from one another, and rotation of the shaft in a second direction moves the distal ends of the first arm and the second arm toward one another.