Patent ID: 8920460

Claim:
Surgical instrument, comprising: at least two tool elements that are movable relative to one another, a guide device, a force transmission device consisting of a single force transmission member, and a coupling device, wherein: the at least two tool elements are arranged at a distal end of the guide device, the at least two tool elements comprise at least a first tool element and a second tool element, the force transmission device is arranged to be selectively coupled exclusively to the first tool element or to the second tool element, the force transmission device is configured for transferring an actuating force from a proximal end of the force transmission device to a distal end of the force transmission device for moving the first tool element or the second tool element relative to the guide device, the coupling device is configured for a selective coupling and uncoupling of the distal end of the force transmission device directly or indirectly to the first tool element or to the second tool element, and the force transmission device is moveable from a first coupling position in which the force transmission device is exclusively coupled to the first tool element, into a second coupling position in which the force transmission device is exclusively coupled to the second tool element.