Patent ID: 6945984

Claim:
An ophthalmologic instrument for microsurgery in an eye comprising: a housing configured as a handle and a functional unit disposed thereon and an actuator supported within the housing in operative engagement with a sliding pin and connected with the functional unit; and a tube shaped probe which extends into a head piece and is movable in axial direction relative thereto for operative engagement with the functional unit; and a rod which is axially supported within the probe which extends into a head piece configured as a holding element and having two arms separated by a slot, the two arms are configured with distal end portions which are oriented substantially at a transverse axis relative to a longitudinal axis and delimiting a recess opposing one another and are movable relative to one another into an elastic pre-tensioning first position wherein both arms are spread apart and a second position wherein the end portions terminate into opposing end faces, which when both arms are pressed together form a flush closure such that the two opposing recesses are formed together into a common recess for freely retaining and holding micro structures without squeezing or pinching the microstructures, and wherein the two arms, starting from the cylindrical rod in direction of the frontal face of the head piece viewed from the transverse axis, are tapered off with opposing outside walls of the taper configured in one of a straight or an arcuate shape.