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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Jonas Forster, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A gear arrangement including two drive units (), and two translatory transmission elements (), to each of which a rotationally movable function unit () of a distally arranged two-part end effector () can be coupled. The first drive unit () has at least one proximally arranged rotation element () or a thrust element () for opening or closing the end effector () by rotation of at least one function unit (). The second drive unit (), with which the translatory transmission elements () are movable in opposite directions, has at least one proximally arranged rotation element () for simultaneous and unidirectional pivoting of the function units () of the end effector (). A surgical instrument includes the gear arrangement () in the handle ().