Patent ID: 11925374
Assignee: KONMEX LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A laparoscopic instrument comprising:
a handgrip and an articulation lever,
a shank which is attached to a closer end of the handgrip,
actuators installed at a further end of the shank,
a string to move the actuators, the further end of which is connected to the actuators and the closer end is connected to the articulation lever, wherein the string is placed inside the shank and the movement of the articulation lever is coupled with movement of the actuators, and
an integrated latching mechanism, including:
a toothed bar and a latch, designed to hold the actuators in an operating position by holding the articulation lever in position relative to the handgrip, and
a locking and releasing mechanism equipped with a switching lever to hold the toothed bar of the latching mechanism to engage or to disengage the latching mechanism,

wherein:
the switching lever, which is rotatably mounted on the handgrip, is provided with a pushback element which,
in a release position of the switching lever disengages the latching mechanism in such a way that the toothed bar is moved away from the latch, and in the release position
the pushback element rests against the toothed bar of the latching mechanism,
while in a locking position the pushback element is moved away from the toothed bar of the latching mechanism.