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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Dieter Hafner, Tübingen, DE;
Inventor:
Dieter Hafner, Tübingen, DE;
Assignee:
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, Tübingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to tubular shaft instruments, which are provided with a handle, a tubular shaft and a tool head. The tool head usually has two mouth parts, which can be displaced in relation to one another for gripping and fixing tissue. The invention discloses a slotted guide system for forming the articulation, said system having a virtual fulcrum outside the tubular shaft instrument.