Patent ID: 6261294
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A medical sliding-shaft instrument, comprisinga sliding shaft having first and second slide elements arranged side by side and displaceable axially relative to one another,at least one jaw part disposed at a distal end of said sliding shaft,a handle disposed at a proximal end of said instrument and having first and second handle elements movable relative to one another,said at least one jaw part being actuable by way of said handle via a relative distance of displacement of said first and second slide elements,whereinsaid instrument further comprises an elongated tubular shaft detachably attached to said handle,said sliding shaft is arranged at a distal end of said elongated tubular shaft,said first slide element of said sliding shaft is mounted at said distal end of said tubular shaft in swing-aside fashion,said tubular shaft is displaceable, together with said first slide element, relative to said second slide element in order to actuate said at least one jaw part, andsaid first slide element can be swung aside when said tubular shaft is detached from said handle and said tubular shaft is displaced a further distance with respect to said second slide element.