Medical device

Abstract

Abstract In a medical device, a cutting pincers arrangement is provided for taking tissue samples, removing elongate body elements, such as nerve or vein sections or the like. An inner tube (7) is inserted in an outer tube (9). One tube (7 or 9) can be displaced axially relative to the other tube (7 or 9). One of the tubes (7 or 9) has the cutting pincers arrangement (20) whose closure movement is dependent on the respective other tube (7 or 9). The cutting pincers arrangement (20) consists of two cutting blades (21, 22) which have cutting edges (23) and common pivots (25) with one tube (7 or 9). The other tube (7 or 9) in each case has recesses (26) in the end edge (27), into which recesses the pivots (25) move upon closure of the cutting pincers arrangement (20). The contours of the recesses (26) are adapted to the outer contours of the cutting blades (21, 22). <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Lutz Kothe

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