A drill guide assembly for determining the axis for drilling a bore to
receive a component of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis, includes a drill
guide having a sleeve and a bulb at one end of the sleeve. A frame, which
can be fastened to the bone, includes a housing which defines a recess in
which the drill guide bulb can be received with the drill guide sleeve
extending out of the recess, in a direction away from the bone, so that
the angular orientation of the drill guide sleeve relative to the housing
can be adjusted by movement of the bulb within the recess. The drill
guide can be locked relative to the housing against angular adjustment by
a clamp which comprises a lower pair of clamping surfaces provided by the
drill guide bulb and the internal wall of the recess respectively, and an
upper pair of clamping surfaces on the drill guide and the housing
respectively, arranged so that the drill guide can be locked against
angular adjustment by engagement between the frame clamping surfaces and
the drill guide clamping surfaces of each of the lower and upper pairs,
in which the upper clamping surface of the drill guide is spaced apart
from the bulb along the drill guide sleeve.