Patent ID: 9566104
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A reduction forceps comprising a first rod and a second rod, which are supported on a swivel joint defining an axis of rotation such that the first and second rods are pivotable relative to one another, the first rod comprising on one side of the swivel joint a first jaw and the second rod comprising, on the same side of the swivel joint, a second jaw provided for cooperation with the first jaw, both said jaws having defined thereon contact points prepared for contacting a bone or a bone plate, wherein: the contact points are movable in a common pivoting plane, which comprises the swivel joint and in which the axis of rotation extends perpendicularly; and a first one of the jaws has a section that is displaced from the pivoting plane and extends in a plane extending parallel to the pivoting plane and includes a curved portion formed in the plane extending parallel to the pivoting plane; and a second one of the jaws includes a S-curved portion, which is formed in the pivoting plane.