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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Jana Schuele, Kreenheinstetten, DE;
Jian Zoing Tan, Tuttlingen, DE;
Christoph Rothweiler, Donaueschingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A medical instrument includes a handle with a fixed part, a movable part, a locking device, a shaft releasably locked on the handle by the locking device, and a jaw arranged on the shaft. The jaw is movable between open and closed positions by actuation of the movable part. A push-pull element is guided in the shaft and operatively connected to the movable part and to the jaw. The locking device has an actuation element that is movable into a release position to release the locking, and a blocking element which is connected to the movable part and movable into a blocking position in a working position of the movable part, in which the blocking element blocks mobility of the actuation element, and which is movable into an enabling position in a rest position of the movable part, to permit mobility of the actuation element.