Medical Instrument With A Detent
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsUwe Bacher, Sabine Zahler, Sebastian Frey
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Abstract
A medical instrument includes a shaft which is connected at the proximal end to a handle, and it also includes an insert which is guided along the shaft and which is connected at the proximal end to a movable grip part of the handle. At its distal end, the insert has a tool which can be actuated by pivoting of the grip part. A lock is also provided which can be brought into locking engagement with the movable grip part. To cancel the lock function, a detent is provided which can be brought between lock and movable grip part, such that the lock function can be cancelled by the detent.
Claims18
A medical instrument comprising:
- a shaft,
- a handle connected to a proximal end of said shaft,
- an insert guided along said shaft, said insert being connected at a proximal end to a movable grip part of said handle, and having a tool at a distal end, said tool being actuated by said movable grip part, and
- a lock which can be brought into a locking engagement with said movable grip part, wherein
- a detent is provided, said detent can be brought between said lock and said movable grip part, thereby cancelling a lock function of said lock by said detent,
- wherein said detent is mounted on said movable grip part,
- wherein said movable grip part has a finger opening having a ring section, said detent is mounted on said ring section, and
- wherein said detent is designed as a curved element, whose curvature is adapted to said ring section of said grip part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.