Patent ID: 8529571

Claim:
An apparatus for locating a curvilinear cut in a bone, the apparatus comprising: a jig body; a first arm, a top end of which is rotatably coupleable to a first portion of the jig body; a second arm, a top end of which is rotatably coupleable to a second portion of the jig body separated from the first portion; and a saw guide rotatably coupleable to the first arm, the saw guide including a bottom surface extending along a curve, which, when the apparatus is in a desired position relative to a target portion of bone, corresponds to a desired path along which a saw is to be guided to cut the target portion of bone, the saw guide including a locking feature receiving a bone fixation element which, in an operative configuration, is mounted in the bone to align the saw guide relative to a longitudinal axis of the first arm.