A simulator apparatus with at least two degrees of freedom of movement for an
instrument
that has an elongated shaft, having a holding device for the instrument, the holding
device being designed such that the instrument has at least a first degree of freedom
of a swiveling movement about a first swivel axis and at least a second degree
of freedom of swiveling movement about a second swivel axis, running perpendicular
to the first swivel axis. The holding device has a cardanic suspension that has
a spherical element which is suspended such that it can rotate about the first
swivel axis and about the second swivel axis, and in which the shaft is partly held.
