Patent ID: 9610115
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A bipolar radiofrequency (RF) instrument, comprising two instrument halves, each of the two instrument halves comprising an elongate instrument branch comprising one or more electrodes, wherein the elongate instrument branches are supported or are adapted to be supported such that they are movable relative to one another so as to be operated for moving to an open and a closed position, each of the two instrument halves also comprising a handle unit, each elongate instrument branch having associated therewith one of the handle units for manual operation of the elongate instrument branches and for applying to the elongate instrument branches a predetermined closing force at the closed position, and further comprising an instrument-internal control switch located on most ends of the handle units opposite and away from the elongate instrument branches, where the surface lies in a plane that is perpendicular to a plane of tissue contacting surfaces of the one or more electrodes, the instrument-internal control switch automatically activated as a mounting monitor due to a fully mounted and ready-to-operate state of the two instrument halves so as to enable a supply of electric current from an external energy source to the two elongate instrument branches.