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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Fortimedix Surgical B.v., Nuth, NL;
Marcel Antonius Elisabeth Verbeek, Heerlen, NL;
Fortimedix Surgical B.V., Nuth, NL;
Abstract
An instrument for endoscopic applications has a first end portion and a second end portion opposing the first end portion. An intermediate cylindrical member of the instrument has a handling end portion with a flexible portion located at the first end portion and actuating means located at the second end portion. The actuating means has a first cylindrical part. The handling end portion has a second cylindrical part connected to the actuating means by longitudinal elements for transferring a movement of the actuating means to a bending of the handling end portion. The longitudinal elements are separated from one another by longitudinal slits defined in the intermediate cylindrical member. Each of the longitudinal elements is composed of a strip, adjacent strips being separated by a gap. A plate is arranged to move in a longitudinal direction of the gap but has a circumferential width filling a width of the gap.