Patent ID: 7517354

Claim:
A medical instrument having a hollow shaft and, positioned on its proximal end, a handle consisting of at least two gripping members and, on its distal end, a tool consisting of at least two jaw members; the instrument's jaw members being stationed at a lateral angle to the longitudinal axis of the shaft so that at least one jaw member of the tool can be moved for opening and closing by means of a gripping member of the handle the can be rotated with respect to the at least one other jaw member of the tool and the at least one movable jaw member and the corresponding gripping member of the handle serving to move the jaw member are connected to one another by a push/pull element positioned in the hollow shaft wherein the push/pull element and the respective jaw member of the tool are connected to one another by a transmission lever; wherein said transmission lever includes a spherical joint at each end of said transmission lever; wherein the transmission lever is positioned at an angle in the direction toward the tool; wherein the transmission lever is configured as a transmission lever mounted so that it can be rotated to both sides; and wherein the transmission lever has spherical joints on both free ends which are each mounted in corresponding spherical recesses on the movable jaw member and on the push/pull element.