Medical hand-held instrument comprising a cleaning-optimized spring element

A method for producing a medical hand-held instrument comprising the steps of:

• connecting two handle elements such that they can swivel relative to each other,
• designing a spring element such that it includes two spring element ends,
• plastically reshaping the spring element, and
• connecting each spring element end to the corresponding handle element such that, when swiveling at least one of the two handle elements out of an initial position, swiveling back into the initial position can be achieved by means of the spring element,
• wherein reshaping of the spring element requires at least one of the two spring element ends to be positively connected to the corresponding handle element, and
• wherein
• the positive connection is carried out simultaneously with the plastic reshaping of the spring element.