Patent ID: 6682548
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Medical instrument with a hollow shaft having at its proximal end a handle consisting of at least two gripping members and at its distal end a tool consisting of at least two jaw members, where at least one of the jaw members of the tool is adjustable in relation to the at least one other jaw member of the tool for purposes of opening and closing by means of one rotatably shaped gripping member of the handle, and the at least one adjustable jaw member and the corresponding gripping member of the handle that serves to adjust the jaw member are connected to one another by means of two push-pull rods distinguished in that the two push/pull rods are secured on contact points at intervals from one another above and below the pivot point of the adjustable jaw member on this jaw member so that two straight lines each extending from the pivot point through one of the contact points form an angle (alpha+beta) of 110 to 160 degrees.