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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Uwe Bacher, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sabine Summerer, Ebersberg, DE;
Sebastian Frey, Waghaeusel, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical instrument comprises a shaft which is connected at the proximal end to a handle, and it also comprises an insert which is guided along the shaft and which is connected at the proximal end to a movable grip part of the handle. At its distal end, the insert has a tool which can be actuated by pivoting of the grip part. A lock is also provided which can be brought into locking engagement with the movable grip part. To cancel the lock function, a detent is provided which can be brought between lock and movable grip part, such that the lock function can be cancelled by the detent.