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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Markus Rominger, Seitingen-Oberflacht, DE;
Karl-Heinz Haunschild, Tuttlingen, DE;
Jochen Schmidberger, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A surgical instrument has at least one tool unit including at least one first tool element, at least one second tool element, and at least one coupling element that is connected to the second tool element, the at least one coupling element and the second tool element being supported in such a way that they are together displaceable relative to the first tool element along at least one displacement axis, and has an actuation, which includes at least one actuation element that is coupled with the coupling element in at least one first position of the coupling element relative to the second tool element, wherein for the purpose of releasing the actuation element, the coupling element is transferred from the first position into at least one second position relative to the second tool element.