Patent ID: 7708757

Claim:
A medical forceps, comprising a shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis, a handle arranged at said proximal end of said shaft, said handle having at least one movable grip part, which is pivotable about a pivot axis, at least one movable tool arranged at said distal end of said shaft, a force transmission mechanism acting between said at least one movable grip part and said at least one movable tool, said force transmission mechanism acting without play and comprising: a force transmission element having a first end and a second end, and running in direction of said longitudinal axis of said shaft and being axially movable in direction of said longitudinal axis, said first end of said force transmission element being in operative connection to said at least one movable tool, a slide guided linearly with an exact fit in a sliding bearing and being axially movable in direction of said force transmission element, said second end of said force transmission element being in operative connection with said slide, said slide further being connected to said movable grip part by means of an articulated lever having a first end and a second end, said first end of said articulated lever being articulated on said slide and said second end of said articulated lever being articulated on said movable grip part, wherein said slide is arranged offset transverse to said longitudinal axis of said shaft in direction to said movable grip part and parallel with respect to said force transmission element, and has a laterally projecting driver, on which said second end of said force transmission element is fixed; and wherein said slide and a point at which said articulated lever is articulated on said slide are spaced apart from said force transmission element toward said movable grip part in direction transverse to said longitudinal axis of said shaft.