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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Gebhard Herrmann, Irndorf, DE;
Frank Puschel, Tuttlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
In order to make it possible, in a surgical instrument comprising a tubular shaft with two tools pivotable towards one another at its distal end, these tools being pivotable relative to one another by means of a grip section at the proximal end of the tubular shaft via a transfer member arranged in the tubular shaft, to use the tools in a region arranged laterally of the instrument even with a simple construction it is suggested that the pivot axis of the tools extend concentrically to the longitudinal axis of the tubular shaft, that one tool be securely connected to the tubular shaft and the other securely connected to the transfer member, that the transfer member be a core mounted in the tubular shaft for rotation about its longitudinal axis, and that the grip section comprise two grip elements pivotable towards one another, one of these elements being connected to the tubular shaft and the other to the transfer member.