MEDICAL CUTTING AND/OR HOLDING INSTRUMENT

The invention relates to a medical cutting and/or holding instrument having a shaft, a handle consisting of two gripping members that is positioned on the proximal end of the shaft, and a push-pull rod mounted in a guide groove of the shaft to actuate a tool consisting of two jaw members that is positioned on the distal end of the shaft, such that for opening and closing the tool the push-pull rod can be coupled on the distal end with at least one rotatable jaw member of the tool and on the proximal end with a rotatable gripping member of the handle, and such that the push-pull rod and the rotatable gripping member can be dissolubly connected with one another by a coupling mechanism. To produce a medical cutting and/or holding instrument that can also be used for endoscopic purposes, it is proposed with the invention that the push-pull rod is coupled with the rotatable components both on the proximal and the distal ends with free play in a direction essentially perpendicular to the direction of motion of the push-pull rod.