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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2014
Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
Endoscopic instrument having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal direction along which the endoscopic instrument extends from the proximal end to the distal end, an end effector on the distal end, which end effector has a first end effector part and a second end effector part, a connecting element on the distal end, on which connecting element the first and second end effector parts are mounted and which connecting element extends along a transverse direction, a first pushing element, a second pushing element, a third pushing element, and a fourth pushing element, wherein the pushing elements each extend along the longitudinal direction and are displaceable relative to one another along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the first pushing element is articulately arranged at the first end effector part, the second pushing element is articulately arranged at the second end effector part, the third pushing element is articulately arranged at the connecting element, and the fourth pushing element is articulately arranged at the connecting element.