MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical instrument which creates improved operability and on the other hand permits the application of several instruments without obstructing mutual operations, in translumenal endoscopic surgery via human body openings. SOLUTION: The medical instrument for endoscopic surgery has a handle 3 arranged at the proximal end, a shank 6 extending distally proceeding from the handle 3, and a movable jaw part 4 arranged at the distal end of the shank 6. The shank is designed to have rigidity and includes at least one proximal bend region 10 and a distal bend region 16, in which the extension direction of the shank changes. A section of the shank in which the distal bend region is situated may be rotated about the longitudinal axis relative to a section of the shank in which the proximal bend region is situated, and the jaw part is rotatable relative to the shank about its distal longitudinal axis at the distal end. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT