Patent ID: 8906014

Claim:
A medical instrument, comprising: an endoscope having an endoscopic shaft and an eyepiece, an instrument shaft having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis, a work element arranged at said distal end of said instrument shaft, a handle arranged at said proximal end of said instrument shaft and having at least one moveable part for actuating said work element, a first securing element for securing said endoscope to said distal end of said instrument shaft in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis of said instrument shaft, and a second securing element for securing said endoscope to said moveable part of said handle such that actuation of said movable part of said handle is configured to displace said endoscope relative to said instrument shaft in a direction of said longitudinal axis of said instrument shaft, said first securing element and said second securing element being designed in such a way that said endoscope is arranged alongside of an outside of said instrument shaft at least between the distal end and the proximal end of the instrument shaft, and wherein said eyepiece of said endoscope, in the state when said endoscope is arranged on said instrument shaft, lies outside of said longitudinal axis of said instrument shaft, wherein said endoscopic shaft extends from said distal end of said instrument shaft to said second securing element, and wherein said endoscopic shaft has a curvature between said first securing element and said second securing element, said eyepiece being at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft.