Surgical instrument
US7241289B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/294
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical instrument comprising an instrument handle which is linked to a proximal end portion of a tube shaft and at the distal end portion of which an instrument head rotatably supporting an effector is linked so as to be inclinable. The effector includes at least one pivotable engaging element which is operable via an effector operating gear train in cooperation with the instrument handle. The effector operating gear train, in turn, has a pushing rod which is shiftably supported in the tube shaft and which, in the linking area of the instrument head at the tube shaft, abuts a pushing pin shiftably supported in the instrument head, the pushing pin being operatively connected to the engaging element.
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