Patent ID: 6458129
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Medical instrument for cutting and bipolar coagulating tissue in the human or animal body, comprising:a shaft having a distal and a proximal end; a handle arranged at said proximal end; a first and a second scissor arm arranged at said distal end, said first and second scissor arms being pivotal about a stationary pivot axis arranged at said scissor arms, said two scissor arms further being configured as electrodes to be supplied with high frequency current, wherein contacting regions of said two scissor arms are electrically insulated, and each of said first and second scissor arms comprising a cutting edge, said cutting edges slide across one another when pivoting said scissor arms, wherein at least one of said scissor arms comprises at least one bracket connected thereto which at least partially extends over an outer side of said other scissor arm.