Patent ID: 9271702
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A medical instrument, comprising: a shaft; a handle connected to a proximal end of said shaft, said handle having a movable grip part, and said movable grip part having a finger opening having a ring section; an insert guided along said shaft, said insert being connected at a proximal end to said movable grip part of said handle, and having a tool at a distal end, said tool being actuated by said movable grip part; and a lock which can be brought into a locking engagement with said movable grip part; a detent mounted on said ring section of said movable grip part, which can be brought between said lock and said movable grip part, thereby cancelling a lock function of said lock by said detent, wherein said detent is designed as a curved strip, whose curvature is adapted to a curvature of an outer face of said ring section of said movable grip part, and said curved strip moves in a circular movement as defined by a shape of said ring section.