Patent ID: 7985226

Claim:
A distal femoral cutting guide, comprising: (a) an alignment body defining a laterally oriented slot and a locating pin hole spaced apart from said slot, said slot defining a horizontal plane and both said slot and said pin hole extending through said alignment body from a front face to a rear face thereof; (b) a varus/valgus adjustment member mated adjustably with and protruding rearwardly an adjustable distance from said alignment body; (c) a support member connected with and extending upwardly from a lower portion of said alignment body; (d) a guide block locating arm adjustably attached to said support member and extending rearwardly therefrom; (e) a guide block detachably carried on a rear end of said guide block locating arm; (f) wherein said locating pin hole is adapted to receive a first locating pin which is inserted into the distal end of the femur; (g) wherein said laterally oriented slot is adapted to receive a second locating pin which is inserted into the distal end of the femur; (h) wherein said laterally oriented slot is adapted for lateral adjustment but not rotational adjustment of said alignment body with respect to the distal end of the femur; (i) wherein said support member is adapted to form a user selected angle with respect to said alignment body; and (j) wherein said varus/valgus adjustment member is mated adjustably with said alignment body in a location that is separate from said locating pin hole.