Medical sliding-shaft instrument

US6261294A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Ewald Stihl · Geisingen, DE
• Andreas Efinger · Münsingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/0813
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sliding-shaft medical instrument has a sliding shaft that has first and second slide elements, arranged side by side and displaceable axially relative to one another, and at least one jaw part at the distal end that is actuable, by way of a handle at the proximal end, via a relative displacement of said two slide elements, said handle having two handle elements that are movable relative to one another. Said first slide element is mounted, in swing-aside fashion, at a distal end of a tubular shaft that is detachably attached to said handle. In order to actuate said at least one jaw part, said tubular shaft is displaceable relative to said second slide element, and said first slide element can be swung aside when said tubular shaft is detached from said handle and is displaced a further distance.