Patent ID: 6908476

Claim:
A micro surgical cutting instrument configured as scissors comprising: an elongate housing formed as a handle having two housing parts having semi-circular cross sections which are spread apart against a spring pressure and in operative engagement with a sliding mechanism; a probe configured as a hollow needle and operatively connected to the sliding mechanism; a rod axially disposed in the hollow needle in form fitting engagement and secured in a control member of the sliding mechanism against axial displacement; wherein the probe is moved in axial direction by the control member of the sliding mechanism when the two housing parts are squeezed together; a cutting device disposed at a distal end of the rod and configured as scissors having two cutting members, each cutting member having one of an arcuate or straight configuration, each cutting member provided with a cutting blade and a cutting edge which, in an open position and extending from the distal end of the cutting blades towards a distal end of the probe, oppose each other at an acute angle such that when the probe is moved in axial direction towards a distal end of the cutting members, the cutting edges engage each other to establish a cutting action.