Patent ID: 8784427

Claim:
A bone drill guide useable near a metatarsal phalangeal (MTP) joint of a human foot to guide the formation of a hole in a bone that intersects a ligament boney attachment adjacent the joint, the MTP joint including a metatarsal bone having a longitudinal axis and a head with an articular surface, and a phalangeal bone having a head with an articular surface, the bone drill guide comprising: a body having a first reference portion engageable with at least one articular surface of the MTP joint and a first drill guiding portion, the first drill guiding portion being oriented relative to the first reference portion based on human anatomy relating the location of a first ligament boney attachment to at least one articular surface of the MTP joint, the guide being operable to engage the first reference portion with at least one articular surface of the MTP joint to position the first drill guiding portion in alignment with the boney attachment of the first ligament, wherein the first reference portion comprises a member extending away from the body and having a concave surface engageable with the metatarsal head.