Handle for a medical instrument
First Claim
1. A handle for a medical instrument which has a first jaw part and a second jaw part movable independently of one another, said handle comprising:
- a handle body having a longitudinal axis, a movable first handle element and a movable second handle element arranged in a plane on said handle body, said first handle element and said second handle element being movable independently of one another, for selectable actuation of one of said first jaw part and said second jaw part, and having first and second finger holders centered on parallel finger holder axes perpendicular to said plane, a thumb handle element arranged on said handle body at a proximal end thereof and having a thumb ring which is centered on a thumb ring axis, said movable first and second handle elements being spaced distally away from said thumb handle element and protruding laterally away from said handle body, wherein said thumb handle element is rotatable about said longitudinal axis so that said movable first and second handle elements can be brought alternatively into a position in which said first or, respectively, said second handle element form with said thumb handle element a handle arrangement which is operable in scissor fashion, wherein said thumb ring axis and either of the finger holder axes extend parallel to one and another and perpendicular to said plane, and, in which position said thumb handle element and said first or, respectively, said second handle element lie substantially in a common plane.
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Abstract
A handle for a medical instrument which has two jaw parts movable independently of one another has a handle body on which two handle elements, movable independently of one another, for selectable actuation of the jaw parts are arranged. Arranged at the proximal end of the handle body is a thumb handle element which has a thumb ring. The movable handle elements are arranged in a manner spaced distally away from the thumb handle element on the handle body, and protrude laterally therefrom. The thumb handle element is rotatable about a longitudinal handle axis relative to the movable handle elements, so that the one and the other movable handle element are movable alternately into a position forming in each case with the thumb handle element a handle arrangement operable in scissor fashion.
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18 Claims
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1. A handle for a medical instrument which has a first jaw part and a second jaw part movable independently of one another, said handle comprising:
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a handle body having a longitudinal axis, a movable first handle element and a movable second handle element arranged in a plane on said handle body, said first handle element and said second handle element being movable independently of one another, for selectable actuation of one of said first jaw part and said second jaw part, and having first and second finger holders centered on parallel finger holder axes perpendicular to said plane, a thumb handle element arranged on said handle body at a proximal end thereof and having a thumb ring which is centered on a thumb ring axis, said movable first and second handle elements being spaced distally away from said thumb handle element and protruding laterally away from said handle body, wherein said thumb handle element is rotatable about said longitudinal axis so that said movable first and second handle elements can be brought alternatively into a position in which said first or, respectively, said second handle element form with said thumb handle element a handle arrangement which is operable in scissor fashion, wherein said thumb ring axis and either of the finger holder axes extend parallel to one and another and perpendicular to said plane, and, in which position said thumb handle element and said first or, respectively, said second handle element lie substantially in a common plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A medical instrument comprising a first jaw part and a second jaw part movable independently of one another, and comprising a handle, said handle comprising:
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a handle body having a longitudinal axis, a movable first handle element and a movable second handle element arranged in a plane on said handle body, said first handle element and said second handle element being movable independently of one another, for selectable actuation of one of said first jaw part and said second jaw part, and having first and second finger holders centered on parallel finger holder axes perpendicular to said plane, a thumb handle element arranged on said handle body at a proximal end thereof and having a thumb ring which is centered on a thumb ring axis, said movable first and second handle elements being spaced distally away from said thumb handle element and protruding laterally away from said handle body, wherein said thumb handle element is rotatable about said longitudinal axis so that said movable first and second handle elements can be brought alternatively into a position in which said first or, respectively, said second handle element form with said thumb handle element a handle arrangement which is operable in scissor fashion, wherein said thumb ring axis and either of the finger holder axes extend parallel to one and another and perpendicular to said plane, and, in which position said thumb handle element and said first or, respectively, said second handle element lie substantially in a common plane. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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