Patent ID: 9242351
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A61B,B25B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. Bipolar forceps, more particularly for RF coagulation, with two limbs ( 16 ) made of an elastically resilient metal, with electrodes ( 30 ) arranged at the distal ends ( 26 ) of the limbs ( 16 ), the contact area ( 32 ) of which electrodes being formed by a biocompatible metal with high electrical and thermal conductivity, and with an electrical plug-in connector ( 38 ) arranged at the proximal end ( 22 ) of the forceps, characterized in that the limbs ( 16 ) each consist of a bimetal material at least in the distal end regions ( 26 ) thereof, which bimetal material further constitutes, on the outer sides of the limbs ( 16 ) facing away from one another, a first layer ( 18 ), which is formed by the elastically resilient metal, and, on the inner sides of the limbs ( 16 ) facing one another, a second layer ( 20 ), which is made of the metal with the high electrical and thermal conductivity, and in that the electrodes ( 30 ) are each formed from the second layer ( 20 ).