Patent ID: 9398920
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A surgical instrument system comprising: a morcellator with a hollow shaft on whose distal end a cutting blade is configured, a gripping instrument with a shaft on whose distal end a tool is configured that comprises at least two jaw members and on whose proximal end a handle is configured that comprises at least two gripping members for activating the tool, wherein the gripping instrument is insertable into the hollow shaft of the morcellator by sliding it in a longitudinal direction of the hollow shaft of the morcellator, and an additional medical instrument, wherein the morcellator with the gripping instrument can be inserted into a hollow shaft of the additional medical instrument and in that at least one irrigation and/or suction canal is arranged within the hollow shaft of the morcellator and an additional irrigation and/or suction canal extends between an outer surface of the hollow shaft of the morcellator and an inner surface of the hollow shaft of the additional medical instrument such that the additional irrigation and/or suction canal is annular and is formed by the outer surface of the hollow shaft of the morcellator and the inner surface of the hollow shaft of the additional medical instrument, wherein a distal end of the hollow shaft of the additional medical instrument is arched inward about its complete circumference to configure the additional irrigation and/or suction canal.