Patent ID: 7763026

Claim:
A saw guide for medical purposes, comprising a handle; and a sawblade guide element mounted on the handle to receive and guide a sawblade; wherein the sawblade guide element comprises a frame mounted on the handle and a guide receptacle for the sawblade mounted rotatably in the frame, and wherein said sawblade guide element can be secured on the material to be sawn and can be adjusted in a position fixed on the material to be sawn to different saw cuts; wherein the frame is configured as a circle segment which has an opening on one side and into which the guide receptacle, which has an essentially circular-shaped base body, can be inserted in a form-locking connection; wherein a stud is configured on the base body extending radially outward from the base body and having at least one slit that extends along a longitudinal axis of the stud for receiving the sawblade; and wherein at least one positioning element and at least one stop element are configured on the frame to guide and position the guide receptacle, wherein in a peripheral surface of the base body pointing radially outward at least one groove is configured to receive one positioning element at a time that is mounted on the frame.