Patent ID: 8048106
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument comprising: a shank being connected to a fixed handle part at a first pivot; a pusher part having a crosspiece; a slide, connected to the pusher part at the first pivot, and mounted so as to be slideable along the shank in a manner limited by a locking mechanism; at least one guide element guided in at least one longitudinal groove being provided in the shank or the slide; and a movable handle part that is movable in relation to the fixed handle part about a second pivot, wherein the movable handle is provided with a slot in which the cross-piece of the pusher part engages, the pusher part being guided longitudinally by the shank and being slideable in line with the slide along the shank, and the slide and the shank can be separated from each other in a scissor movement of the slide about the first pivot connecting the slide and the pusher part after a locking of the locking mechanism is canceled.