Patent ID: 8992526
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising: first and second clamping parts, which each have a clamping surface for gripping tissue, a tip at a respective first end of the first and second clamping parts and a respective joint portion at a second end of the first and second clamping parts, wherein the first and second clamping parts can be brought into a closed state in which the clamping surfaces contact each other, and wherein the clamping surfaces define in the closed state a closed state plane that extends directly from the joint portions of the first and second clamping parts directly to the tips of the first and second clamping parts; and a cutting device with a cutting edge, which can move in a cutting direction relative to the first and second clamping parts to cut the gripped tissue, wherein the cutting edge can be moved in a direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument, and wherein the surgical instrument is configured such that the closed state plane is inclined at an acute angle relative to the cutting direction.