Surgical instrument has clamping unit for holding or clamping tissue, cutting unit for cutting tissue and handling device for operating clamping unit and cutting unit

摘要

The surgical instrument (10) has a clamping unit (12) for holding or clamping a tissue, a cutting unit (14) for cutting the tissue and a handling device (16) for operating the clamping unit and the cutting unit. The clamping unit has two clamping elements (68,92), which are supported to move relative to each other. A restoring member (152) has a lever (90), which comprises an elastically resilient area (154) on the distal side of a pivot axis (22) and the lever is made of a plastic material.