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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Peter Schwarz, Tuttlingen-Nendingen, DE;
Christina Friedrich, Eutingen, DE;
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
Endoscopic instrument with a control element, an instrument shaft, an adjustment element, a pull element, an actuator, an intermediate element which is operatively connected to the control element and to the adjustment element such that a force applied to the control element by the user can be transmitted to the adjustment element via the intermediate element in order to move the adjustment element, a detection device for detecting a torsion of the intermediate element, and an abutment device, which defines a free rotatory movement range of the control element relative to the adjustment element.