Device for the transmission of a given torque to a surgical tool, the device comprising: A) a longitudinal shaft with a longitudinal axis, a rear end and a front end, wherein a surgical tool is fastened or can be fastened at the front end and the shaft comprises a cavity that is coaxial with the longitudinal axis and is open at a rear end of the shaft; B) a handle with a first end, a second end and a hollow space penetrating the handle along the longitudinal axis from the first end to the second end, the shaft being supported in the hollow space of the handle, at least on a portion of its length, such that it is rotatable around the longitudinal axis; C) a torque transmission unit with a plurality of torque-limiting elements, which are arranged behind one another along the longitudinal axis and are connected to one another in each case via a predetermined rupture point, wherein the torque transmission unit is arranged in the cavity of the shaft so as to be rotationally fixed but displaceable coaxially with the longitudinal axis, such that a rearmost torque-limiting element protrudes beyond the rear end of the shaft and is connected to the handle in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein if a given torque is exceeded, the rearmost torque-limiting element is separated off at the predetermined rupture point; and wherein D) the shaft comprises a loading device via which the torque transmission unit is axially displaceable relative to the longitudinal axis toward the rear end of the shaft, such that following separation of the rearmost torque-limiting element, the axially adjacent torque-limiting element protrudes beyond the rear end of the shaft and is connected, in its turn, in a rotationally fixed manner, to the handle as the rearmost torque-limiting element, characterised in that E) the device comprises an insert which, in a mounted state of the device, is introduced into the hollow space of the handle and is releasably fixed to the handle axially and rotationally, wherein F) the rearmost torque-limiting element of the unused torque transmission unit comprises first fastening members and the insert comprises second fastening members, which may be brought to engage with one another for fastening the unused torque transmission unit at the insert; and G) the insert comprises means for a rotationally fix connection with the respectively rearmost torque-limiting element. A) a longitudinal shaft with a longitudinal axis, a rear end and a front end, wherein a surgical tool is fastened or can be fastened at the front end and the shaft comprises a cavity that is coaxial with the longitudinal axis and is open at a rear end of the shaft; B) a handle with a first end, a second end and a hollow space penetrating the handle along the longitudinal axis from the first end to the second end, the shaft being supported in the hollow space of the handle, at least on a portion of its length, such that it is rotatable around the longitudinal axis; C) a torque transmission unit with a plurality of torque-limiting elements, which are arranged behind one another along the longitudinal axis and are connected to one another in each case via a predetermined rupture point, wherein the torque transmission unit is arranged in the cavity of the shaft so as to be rotationally fixed but displaceable coaxially with the longitudinal axis, such that a rearmost torque-limiting element protrudes beyond the rear end of the shaft and is connected to the handle in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein if a given torque is exceeded, the rearmost torque-limiting element is separated off at the predetermined rupture point; and E) the device comprises an insert which, in a mounted state of the device, is introduced into the hollow space of the handle and is releasably fixed to the handle axially and rotationally, wherein F) the rearmost torque-limiting element of the unused torque transmission unit comprises first fastening members and the insert comprises second fastening members, which may be brought to engage with one another for fastening the unused torque transmission unit at the insert; and G) the insert comprises means for a rotationally fix connection with the respectively rearmost torque-limiting element.