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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
May. 17, 1995
Friatec AG Keramik-und-Kunstoffwerke, Mannheim, DE;
Abstract
A gripping and/or cutting instrument for endoscopic purposes, comprising two limbs that are pivotable relative to one another around an axis and that each respectively comprise a lug for fingers of a user, one of the limbs being hinged to a proximal end of a transmission rod, and having a support shoulder for a finger of the user at the lug of this limb. Two blades are provided movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position, one thereof being hinged such to a distal end of the transmission rod that the closed position is achieved by applying a pressure onto the transmission rod, whereas the opened position is achieved by applying a pulling force onto the transmission rod, and in that the support shoulder is curved in the direction toward the second limb.