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

Claim 12:
13. A gripping and handling device for a laparoscopic instrument, the gripping and handling device comprising:
a handgrip and an articulation lever, wherein:
the handgrip is adapted to attach a shank together with actuators to act on tissue,
a closer end of a string adapted to move the actuators is clamped to the articulation lever by means of a cylindrical pivot element,
movement of the actuators is coupled with movement of articulation lever,
the instrument is provided with 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 position in relation to the handgrip, and
a locking and releasing mechanism provided 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 tooth, 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.