Patent ID: 7833243

Claim:
A medical grasping and holding instrument with a handle consisting of two handgrips and a holding portion that consists of at least two jaw members and can be actuated by the handle, where the jaw members of the holding portion can be locked by means of a spring element both in an end position with opened jaw members that releases the holding portion and in an end position with closed jaw members that locks the holding portion, wherein the spring element configured as a flat spring and connecting the two handgrips to one another is mounted between the handgrips and fixedly connected to the handgrips of the handle via at least two stationary bearing points in such a way that to lock the jaw members in their end positions, the spring element can be moved by way of a bearing point of one handgrip on the spring element between two end positions that relax the spring element wherein the locking of the two jaw members in both end positions is caused by the spring element only, wherein the handgrip of the handle is configured as to be rigidly conjoined in one piece with one jaw member of the holding portion, while the other handgrip of the handle is pivotally connected with the other jaw member of the holding portion to swivel around a pivot point and wherein the bearing point, where a spring element in the center area of the handgrip is stored, is arranged in a lower end position that locks the holding portion, below a line (L 1 ) which connects the pivot point between a rotatable handgrip and a rotatable jaw member with the bearing point of the spring element in the area of a proximal end of the rigid handgrip.