Patent ID: 6280458
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical grasping and holding forceps comprising:a shaft with at least two mouth parts which are arranged at a distal end of said shaft;a grip which is arranged at a proximal end of said shaft;a mechanism, in working engagement with said grip and with said mouth parts, for opening and closing said mouth parts,a spring acting on said mechanism in such a way that said mouth parts are thereby pushed in a closing direction, and said mechanism is movable against said spring by manipulation at said grip, in such a way that said mouth parts open, anda force limiting device, configured as a rigid link-age and engaging into said mechanism, with which force limiting device said mouth parts are positively movable into a defined final closed position in which they exert a predefined holding force on an object received between said mouth parts, said force limiting device having a stop which prevents any further movement of said mechanism and therefore any further movement of said mouth parts in said closing direction thereby preventing overshooting of said final closed position, even when a greater force is applied, and a lock for locking said mouth parts in that final closed position, said grip having a section rotatable about said shaft axis and connected to said force limiting device which is configured such that said mouth parts are movable into said final closed position by way of said rotary movement of said grip.