Patent ID: 7211099
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A61B,B25B

Abstract:
1. Medical instrument with a shaft having on its proximal end a handle comprising gripping members and on its distal end a tool comprising jaw members, where a first jaw member of the tool can be moved to open and close with respect to a second jaw member of the tool by means of a rotatably configured gripping member of the handle, the first jaw member and the rotatably configured gripping member of the handle being connected to one another by means of a push-pull rod, with the first jaw member being connected by a compensating lever with the respective push-pull rod, wherein the compensating lever comprises a first free end and a second free end with a longitudinal axis passing through the first free end and the second free end, with the first free end being mounted exclusively on the push-pull rod and being rotatably secured to this rod, and with the second free end being slidably mounted in a guide groove configured in the first jaw member, the second free end being slideable within the guide groove axially along the longitudinal axis of the compensating lever.