Patent ID: 8636725

Claim:
A surgical instrument comprising: a tool part comprising a shaft arranged along a longitudinal axis, and at least one activatable tool member arranged on a distal end of the shaft; a grip part comprising a holding grip and an actuation member; a joint having a passage channel through which the grip part and the tool part are connected to each other; and a force transmission member arranged in the passage channel wherein the actuation member is in operative connection with the activatable tool member via an activation mechanism located within the joint and the shaft; wherein the joint includes at least a first joint axis and a second joint axis, wherein the first joint axis is arranged to be located in the grip part and to be transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the second joint axis is arranged to be transverse to the first joint axis and to be transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the activatable tool member is movably arranged and connected with the actuation member via a transmission, the transmission forming at least a portion of the activation mechanism, wherein said force transmission member is associated with the transmission and forms a portion of the activation mechanism, and wherein the force transmission member comprises a flexible section acting as a hinge joint, the flexible section being an integral hinge.