Patent ID: 9039607
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A shaft element for a medical endoscopic instrument, the shaft element comprising: a first, proximal shaft segment; and a second, distal shaft segment, the second shaft segment being connected with the first shaft segment by three connecting elements; the connecting elements each having a first two-axis joint, the first joints being positioned from each other on a proximal end plane of the second shaft segment in a triangular shape, the first joints forming vertices of the triangular shape, the triangular shape being an equilateral triangle; wherein a first connecting element of the connecting elements is connected with the first shaft segment in such a way that the first connecting element is non-slidable with respect to the first shaft segment in a longitudinal direction, and a second and third connecting elements are each slidable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the first shaft segment independently of one another; wherein the second and third connecting elements are configured as at least partly rigid push rods.