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A surgical saw blade guide or milling instrument guide comprising a guide body having a guiding surface thereon, and containing a magnet therein which exerts attractive force in a direction toward the guide body for attracting a bone saw blade or milling instrument to the guiding surface. The surgic

A surgical saw blade guide or milling instrument guide comprising a guide body having a guiding surface thereon, and containing a magnet therein which exerts attractive force in a direction toward the guide body for attracting a bone saw blade or milling instrument to the guiding surface. The surgical saw blade guide or milling instrument guide can comprise a plurality of magnets and the magnet or magnets can themselves form part of the guiding surface. Also, a method of cutting a bone comprising the steps of magnetically attracting a surgical bone saw blade or milling instrument to a surgical saw blade guide or milling instrument guide containing a magnet, actuating a bone saw coupled to the bone saw blade or actuating a milling instrument, advancing the bone saw blade or milling instrument into the bone thereby cutting the bone, and detaching the saw blade or milling instrument from the guide.

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[ We claim:] [18.] A surgical cutting guide for use with a surgical instrument having a known width and formed of a magnetic material comprising a guide body having a separate guiding surface thereon having a length which is at least substantially equal in length to a bone portion of a bone to be cu

[ We claim:] [18.] A surgical cutting guide for use with a surgical instrument having a known width and formed of a magnetic material comprising a guide body having a separate guiding surface thereon having a length which is at least substantially equal in length to a bone portion of a bone to be cut, said guide body further having at least one bone connector coupled to the guide body on a surface other than the guiding surface for reversibly attaching the guide body to said bone having a bone portion to be cut, said guide body containing in the guiding surface a magnet having a dimension at least equal to the known width and substantially in alignment with the bone portion to be cut and wherein said magnet exerts an attractive force in a direction towards the guide body for attracting the surgical instrument to and slideably against the guiding surface.