Patent ID: 7931655

Claim:
A method of resecting a distal femur comprising: inserting a pin into the anterior surface of a femur, the pin extending along a first axis parallel to a sagittal plane; mounting a tool guide on the pin with a mounting device allowing anterior-posterior movement along the first axis, rotation about the first axis, movement in a proximal-distal direction along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, rotation about the second axis and rotation about a third axis perpendicular to the first and second axis; setting the varus-valgus angle of a distal femoral cut by rotating the tool guide about the first axis; setting the proximal-distal location of the distal cut by movement of the tool guide in a proximal-distal direction along the second axis; setting the flexion-extension angle of the distal cut by rotating the tool guide about the third axis; and resecting the distal femur after the tool guide position has been set.