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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Uwe Bacher, Tuttlingen, DE;
Egon Deufel, Fridingen, DE;
Sabine Zahler, Vaterstetten, 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 whose distal end is bendable. Arranged at the proximal end of the shaft there is a handle on which a bend control mechanism for controlling the bending movement is arranged. The bend control mechanism has a pivotable control element. The pivotable control element runs over a friction element, and an actuating element is provided via which the friction element can be brought out of a locking engagement with the control element.