Patent ID: 6669696
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A bipolar medical instrument, comprising:a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; at least two jaw parts arranged movably, one relative to the other, at said distal end of said tubular shaft and coupled one to the other via a joint, each of said at least two jaw parts forming a work electrode of different polarity; a separate current line for each of said at least two jaw parts, one of such current lines being constituted by an axially movable force transmission element arranged in said tubular shaft and forcelockingly connected to at least one of said jaw parts, wherein at least one of said jaw parts comprises, at least in the region of said joint, a single-piece main body made from an electrically insulating material on which an electrically conductive jaw part insert is fastened, which forms said respective work electrode and which is connected, in an electrically conductive fashion, to said current line for said jaw part; and wherein said jaw part insert is connected with said main body in force-locking and in positive fashion and is fastened on said main body by a dovetail connection.