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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Simon Solingen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/732 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/732 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical instrument, particularly a surgical instrument with a displaceable push/pull rod arranged on the proximal end of a hand manipulator for activating remote tool parts on the distal end, in which a force-limiting device is envisaged for limiting the transmission of force onto the remote tool parts from the hand manipulator via the push/pull rod. In order to design a simple and cost effective force-limiting device the push/pull rod is designed to be spring elastic in its lateral length.