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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
Uwe Bacher, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sabine Summerer, Ebersberg, DE;
Uwe Bacher, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sabine Summerer, Ebersberg, DE;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
A medical instrument comprises a shaft, a handle connected to said shaft and having a movable gripping part. An insert is guided along said shaft and connected to said movable part at its proximal end. A tool is provided at a distal end of said insert. A lock is provided for locking said movable grip part in a position. A detent is provided for releasing said locking of said lock. A rotatable stopping member is arranged on said movable grip part. A rotational plane of said rotatable stopping member lying across a longitudinal axis of a movement direction of said movable grip part. Said rotatable stopping member can be rotated between a first position not influencing said locking function of said lock and a second position keeping said lock permanently away from said locking engagement.