Patent ID: 8398618

Claim:
A medical instrument comprising; a shaft, a handle connected to a proximal end of said shaft, an insert guided along said shaft, said insert being connected at a proximal end to a movable grip part of said handle, and having a tool at a distal end, said tool being actuated by said movable grip part, and a lock which can be brought into a locking engagement with said movable grip part, wherein a detent is provided, said detent can be brought between said lock and said movable grip part, thereby cancelling a lock function of said lock by said detent, wherein said detent can be brought from a first position, in which said lock function is unaffected to a second position, in which said lock function is cancelled, wherein clip elements are arranged on said detent and enter into connection with retaining pins when said detent is either in said first or said second position, and wherein in said second position, one of said clip elements enters into a retaining connection with said locking pin that engages with said lock.