Medical instrument

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical instrument having a hollow shaft and, positioned on its proximal end, a handle consisting of at least two gripping members and, on its distal end, a tool consisting of at least two jaw members. The instrument's jaw members are stationed at a lateral angle to the longitudinal axis of the shaft so that at least one jaw member of the tool can be moved for opening and closing by means of a gripping member of the handle that can be rotated with respect to the at least one other jaw member of the tool and the at least one movable jaw member and the corresponding gripping member of the handle serving to move the jaw member are connected to one another by a compression-tension element positioned in the hollow shaft. To ensure that power is transmitted precisely and without free play to the tool, it is proposed with the invention that the compression-tension element and the respective jaw member of the tool are connected to one another by a transmission lever.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.